Scoring major blows against counterfeiting of imaging and printing consumables, ICCE and its members report on strong achievements in 2021. As part of our actions to protect honest businesses and unsuspecting customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa from illegal and often risky trademark infringing printer consumables, we have helped remove thousands of illegal products and offers from the markets. We have also given a strong voice against the theft of intellectual property by supporting the European Union’s upcoming Digital Services Act. For 2022, ICCE and its members will continue to work together to combat counterfeit imaging consumables, Click for more

Covid-19 has accelerated the shift to digital shopping by five years. This has presented a huge opportunity for anyone selling printing supplies in a quickly expanding market; and unfortunately, counterfeiters are making the most of it , Click for more

ICCE members are working together to deliver successes across North Africa in the battle against organised criminals and unscrupulous suppliers who push fake printer supplies into this important market., Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East & Africa (ICCE) has submitted its comments on the European Commission’s proposal for a Digital Services Act (DSA). This is a summary of the position paper, Click for more

ICCE commends the EU Commission for its effort to ensure that what is illegal offline is illegal online and calls on the European Parliament, and the Member States, to improve various provisions of the Digital Services Act (DSA) proposal, Click for more

Despite the pandemic, ICCE members have remained active in 2020, working hard around the EMEA region to carry out investigations and support raids, prosecutions, and online takedowns to protect consumers from fake products. Read our annual review, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) welcomes the draft Digital Services Act (DSA) published by the EU Commission yesterday and commends the Commission for its attempt to rebalance the responsibilities of stakeholders participating in the European online economy, Click for more

A drop over the last four years in the number of companies working with a trusted primary supplier and a trend of companies basing their buying policy purely on availability, has led to an increased risk for large corporations and government procurement departments of unwittingly purchasing and using counterfeit products, Click for more

Cooperation between ICCE and local law enforcement agencies in east Africa are meeting with success in the battle to remove counterfeit goods from local markets, which impacts local economies, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East & Africa (“ICCE”) has now submitted its response to the European Commission consultation on the proposed Digital Services Act (DSA), Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s public consultation on the Digital Services Act (DSA) package., Click for more

Towards the end of 2019, Brother received several customer complaints and negative reviews on its products sold on marketplace giant Amazon. After months of conducting investigations, Brother discovered a network of counterfeit sellers that led to a highly successful raid operation in conjunction with German authorities in Berlin. , Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) welcomes the UK Government’s recent commitment to spend £705 million on border control infrastructure, in preparation for the UK leaving the European customs union and single market, and urges the Government to set aside some of these funds to support efforts to crack down on the importation and supply of counterfeit, unsafe or illegal products and on smuggling., Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) today calls for a future US-UK Free Trade Agreement to include specific measures to protect consumers and manufacturers from illegal counterfeit imaging supplies. , Click for more

As the United States and the United Kingdom have formally started negotiations on a free trade agreement, ICCE shares its recommendations for a U.S.-UK Trade Agreement that addresses Intellectual Property (IP) and e-commerce rules, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE), a trade body representing the imaging supplies industry, today announced its position on the upcoming Digital Services Act (DSA) before the European Commission officially launches the formal consultation process, Click for more

The DSA provides a unique opportunity to adapt the current regulatory framework to the challenges that consumers and ICCE members face in the online environment, Click for more

At the end of 2019 Epson responded to customer complaints about the presence of counterfeit inks with a joint raid alongside the Turkish police. The highly successful operation netted thousands of counterfeit items, Click for more

The coronavirus pandemic and resulting lockdown in many countries has forced people to change the way they live and work. Working from home and parents home-schooling their children mean people are likely to be using home printers much more than usual, Click for more

Standing up to the continuous flow of counterfeit printer supplies, many of which are cheap, poorly made and often dangerous, must seem a difficult, and, at times, a lonely task for those frontline customs officials and law enforcement officers, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) has joined the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT) network of Alliance Partners, sending a strong signal that the imaging products industry is stepping up the fight against counterfeit printer cartridges and other imaging products, Click for more

ICCE industry partnerships and shared market intelligence are supporting a major fightback against the €1.6bn market of counterfeit imaging products, with OKI Europe confirming a crackdown on counterfeit operations that has led to a string of seizures, Click for more

Using technology to inform the public about the dangers of fake goods and support investigations against counterfeiters was a central theme at this year’s Interpol Intellectual Property Crime Conference in South Africa, Click for more

ICCE, the Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa, is launching a subtitled video to help Russian law enforcement officers in their fight against counterfeiting gangs, Click for more

Anti-counterfeiting experts including ICCE members are helping Israel’s customs officials to disrupt the flow of fake goods that funds serious organised crime in the country, Click for more

Anti-counterfeiting experts including ICCE members are helping Israel’s customs officials to disrupt the flow of fake goods that funds serious organised crime in the country, Click for more

Anti-counterfeiting experts are running training days for customs officials in Egypt, which joined the top ten countries of origin for counterfeit goods in 2013, according to the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), Click for more

As the year in which ICCE marked its 20th anniversary draws to a close, the organisation is stepping up its support for the resellers of imaging supplies, with the launch of a new factsheet which helps them identify counterfeit consumables, Click for more

The new head of the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), Detective Chief Inspector Teresa Russell, has sought to reassure businesses that the force is keen to further enhance collaboration with industry, Click for more

Counterfeiting is a global problem that transcends borders and has serious implications for citizens, business and governments at a national level. International agencies such as Europol are able to provide a more effective global oversight, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) takes pride in the work it does around the world to protect consumers and reduce the sale of counterfeit goods, Click for more

Between Sunday 11 March and Wednesday 21 March 2018 a number of ICCE (Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa) members are involved in the roll out of an extensive training and education programme, Click for more

Celebrating its 20th anniversary in September, ICCE successfully continued to raise awareness of counterfeit imaging supplies, educate law enforcement officials, help coordinate actions and bring criminals to justice, Click for more

ICCE commends the EU Commission for its effort to ensure that what is illegal offline is illegal online and calls on the European Parliament, and the Member States, to improve various provisions of the proposal, Click for more

Despite the pandemic, ICCE members have remained active in 2020, working hard around the EMEA region to carry out investigations and support raids, prosecutions, and online takedowns to protect consumers from fake products. Read our annual review, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) welcomes the draft Digital Services Act (DSA) published by the EU Commission yesterday and commends the Commission for its attempt to rebalance the responsibilities of stakeholders participating in the European online economy, Click for more

A drop over the last four years in the number of companies working with a trusted primary supplier and a trend of companies basing their buying policy purely on availability, has led to an increased risk for large corporations and government procurement departments of unwittingly purchasing and using counterfeit products, Click for more

Cooperation between ICCE and local law enforcement agencies in east Africa are meeting with success in the battle to remove counterfeit goods from local markets, which impacts local economies, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East & Africa (“ICCE”) has now submitted its response to the European Commission consultation on the proposed Digital Services Act (DSA), Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s public consultation on the Digital Services Act (DSA) package., Click for more

Towards the end of 2019, Brother received several customer complaints and negative reviews on its products sold on marketplace giant Amazon. After months of conducting investigations, Brother discovered a network of counterfeit sellers that led to a highly successful raid operation in conjunction with German authorities in Berlin. , Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) welcomes the UK Government’s recent commitment to spend £705 million on border control infrastructure, in preparation for the UK leaving the European customs union and single market, and urges the Government to set aside some of these funds to support efforts to crack down on the importation and supply of counterfeit, unsafe or illegal products and on smuggling., Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) today calls for a future US-UK Free Trade Agreement to include specific measures to protect consumers and manufacturers from illegal counterfeit imaging supplies. , Click for more

As the United States and the United Kingdom have formally started negotiations on a free trade agreement, ICCE shares its recommendations for a U.S.-UK Trade Agreement that addresses Intellectual Property (IP) and e-commerce rules, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE), a trade body representing the imaging supplies industry, today announced its position on the upcoming Digital Services Act (DSA) before the European Commission officially launches the formal consultation process, Click for more

The DSA provides a unique opportunity to adapt the current regulatory framework to the challenges that consumers and ICCE members face in the online environment, Click for more

At the end of 2019 Epson responded to customer complaints about the presence of counterfeit inks with a joint raid alongside the Turkish police. The highly successful operation netted thousands of counterfeit items, Click for more

The coronavirus pandemic and resulting lockdown in many countries has forced people to change the way they live and work. Working from home and parents home-schooling their children mean people are likely to be using home printers much more than usual, Click for more

Standing up to the continuous flow of counterfeit printer supplies, many of which are cheap, poorly made and often dangerous, must seem a difficult, and, at times, a lonely task for those frontline customs officials and law enforcement officers, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) has joined the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT) network of Alliance Partners, sending a strong signal that the imaging products industry is stepping up the fight against counterfeit printer cartridges and other imaging products, Click for more

ICCE industry partnerships and shared market intelligence are supporting a major fightback against the €1.6bn market of counterfeit imaging products, with OKI Europe confirming a crackdown on counterfeit operations that has led to a string of seizures, Click for more

Using technology to inform the public about the dangers of fake goods and support investigations against counterfeiters was a central theme at this year’s Interpol Intellectual Property Crime Conference in South Africa, Click for more

ICCE, the Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa, is launching a subtitled video to help Russian law enforcement officers in their fight against counterfeiting gangs, Click for more

Anti-counterfeiting experts including ICCE members are helping Israel’s customs officials to disrupt the flow of fake goods that funds serious organised crime in the country, Click for more

Anti-counterfeiting experts including ICCE members are helping Israel’s customs officials to disrupt the flow of fake goods that funds serious organised crime in the country, Click for more

Anti-counterfeiting experts are running training days for customs officials in Egypt, which joined the top ten countries of origin for counterfeit goods in 2013, according to the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), Click for more

As the year in which ICCE marked its 20th anniversary draws to a close, the organisation is stepping up its support for the resellers of imaging supplies, with the launch of a new factsheet which helps them identify counterfeit consumables, Click for more

The new head of the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), Detective Chief Inspector Teresa Russell, has sought to reassure businesses that the force is keen to further enhance collaboration with industry, Click for more

Counterfeiting is a global problem that transcends borders and has serious implications for citizens, business and governments at a national level. International agencies such as Europol are able to provide a more effective global oversight, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) takes pride in the work it does around the world to protect consumers and reduce the sale of counterfeit goods, Click for more

Between Sunday 11 March and Wednesday 21 March 2018 a number of ICCE (Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa) members are involved in the roll out of an extensive training and education programme, Click for more

Celebrating its 20th anniversary in September, ICCE successfully continued to raise awareness of counterfeit imaging supplies, educate law enforcement officials, help coordinate actions and bring criminals to justice, Click for more

A drop over the last four years in the number of companies working with a trusted primary supplier and a trend of companies basing their buying policy purely on availability, has led to an increased risk for large corporations and government procurement departments of unwittingly purchasing and using counterfeit products, Click for more

Cooperation between ICCE and local law enforcement agencies in east Africa are meeting with success in the battle to remove counterfeit goods from local markets, which impacts local economies, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East & Africa (“ICCE”) has now submitted its response to the European Commission consultation on the proposed Digital Services Act (DSA), Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s public consultation on the Digital Services Act (DSA) package., Click for more

Towards the end of 2019, Brother received several customer complaints and negative reviews on its products sold on marketplace giant Amazon. After months of conducting investigations, Brother discovered a network of counterfeit sellers that led to a highly successful raid operation in conjunction with German authorities in Berlin. , Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) welcomes the UK Government’s recent commitment to spend £705 million on border control infrastructure, in preparation for the UK leaving the European customs union and single market, and urges the Government to set aside some of these funds to support efforts to crack down on the importation and supply of counterfeit, unsafe or illegal products and on smuggling., Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) today calls for a future US-UK Free Trade Agreement to include specific measures to protect consumers and manufacturers from illegal counterfeit imaging supplies. , Click for more

As the United States and the United Kingdom have formally started negotiations on a free trade agreement, ICCE shares its recommendations for a U.S.-UK Trade Agreement that addresses Intellectual Property (IP) and e-commerce rules, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE), a trade body representing the imaging supplies industry, today announced its position on the upcoming Digital Services Act (DSA) before the European Commission officially launches the formal consultation process, Click for more

The DSA provides a unique opportunity to adapt the current regulatory framework to the challenges that consumers and ICCE members face in the online environment, Click for more

At the end of 2019 Epson responded to customer complaints about the presence of counterfeit inks with a joint raid alongside the Turkish police. The highly successful operation netted thousands of counterfeit items, Click for more

The coronavirus pandemic and resulting lockdown in many countries has forced people to change the way they live and work. Working from home and parents home-schooling their children mean people are likely to be using home printers much more than usual, Click for more

Standing up to the continuous flow of counterfeit printer supplies, many of which are cheap, poorly made and often dangerous, must seem a difficult, and, at times, a lonely task for those frontline customs officials and law enforcement officers, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) has joined the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT) network of Alliance Partners, sending a strong signal that the imaging products industry is stepping up the fight against counterfeit printer cartridges and other imaging products, Click for more

ICCE industry partnerships and shared market intelligence are supporting a major fightback against the €1.6bn market of counterfeit imaging products, with OKI Europe confirming a crackdown on counterfeit operations that has led to a string of seizures, Click for more

Using technology to inform the public about the dangers of fake goods and support investigations against counterfeiters was a central theme at this year’s Interpol Intellectual Property Crime Conference in South Africa, Click for more

ICCE, the Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa, is launching a subtitled video to help Russian law enforcement officers in their fight against counterfeiting gangs, Click for more

Anti-counterfeiting experts including ICCE members are helping Israel’s customs officials to disrupt the flow of fake goods that funds serious organised crime in the country, Click for more

Anti-counterfeiting experts including ICCE members are helping Israel’s customs officials to disrupt the flow of fake goods that funds serious organised crime in the country, Click for more

Anti-counterfeiting experts are running training days for customs officials in Egypt, which joined the top ten countries of origin for counterfeit goods in 2013, according to the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), Click for more

As the year in which ICCE marked its 20th anniversary draws to a close, the organisation is stepping up its support for the resellers of imaging supplies, with the launch of a new factsheet which helps them identify counterfeit consumables, Click for more

The new head of the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), Detective Chief Inspector Teresa Russell, has sought to reassure businesses that the force is keen to further enhance collaboration with industry, Click for more

Counterfeiting is a global problem that transcends borders and has serious implications for citizens, business and governments at a national level. International agencies such as Europol are able to provide a more effective global oversight, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) takes pride in the work it does around the world to protect consumers and reduce the sale of counterfeit goods, Click for more

Between Sunday 11 March and Wednesday 21 March 2018 a number of ICCE (Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa) members are involved in the roll out of an extensive training and education programme, Click for more

Celebrating its 20th anniversary in September, ICCE successfully continued to raise awareness of counterfeit imaging supplies, educate law enforcement officials, help coordinate actions and bring criminals to justice, Click for more

A drop over the last four years in the number of companies working with a trusted primary supplier and a trend of companies basing their buying policy purely on availability, has led to an increased risk for large corporations and government procurement departments of unwittingly purchasing and using counterfeit products, Click for more

Cooperation between ICCE and local law enforcement agencies in east Africa are meeting with success in the battle to remove counterfeit goods from local markets, which impacts local economies, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East & Africa (“ICCE”) has now submitted its response to the European Commission consultation on the proposed Digital Services Act (DSA), Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s public consultation on the Digital Services Act (DSA) package., Click for more

Towards the end of 2019, Brother received several customer complaints and negative reviews on its products sold on marketplace giant Amazon. After months of conducting investigations, Brother discovered a network of counterfeit sellers that led to a highly successful raid operation in conjunction with German authorities in Berlin. , Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) welcomes the UK Government’s recent commitment to spend £705 million on border control infrastructure, in preparation for the UK leaving the European customs union and single market, and urges the Government to set aside some of these funds to support efforts to crack down on the importation and supply of counterfeit, unsafe or illegal products and on smuggling., Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) today calls for a future US-UK Free Trade Agreement to include specific measures to protect consumers and manufacturers from illegal counterfeit imaging supplies. , Click for more

As the United States and the United Kingdom have formally started negotiations on a free trade agreement, ICCE shares its recommendations for a U.S.-UK Trade Agreement that addresses Intellectual Property (IP) and e-commerce rules, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE), a trade body representing the imaging supplies industry, today announced its position on the upcoming Digital Services Act (DSA) before the European Commission officially launches the formal consultation process, Click for more

The DSA provides a unique opportunity to adapt the current regulatory framework to the challenges that consumers and ICCE members face in the online environment, Click for more

At the end of 2019 Epson responded to customer complaints about the presence of counterfeit inks with a joint raid alongside the Turkish police. The highly successful operation netted thousands of counterfeit items, Click for more

The coronavirus pandemic and resulting lockdown in many countries has forced people to change the way they live and work. Working from home and parents home-schooling their children mean people are likely to be using home printers much more than usual, Click for more

Standing up to the continuous flow of counterfeit printer supplies, many of which are cheap, poorly made and often dangerous, must seem a difficult, and, at times, a lonely task for those frontline customs officials and law enforcement officers, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) has joined the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT) network of Alliance Partners, sending a strong signal that the imaging products industry is stepping up the fight against counterfeit printer cartridges and other imaging products, Click for more

ICCE industry partnerships and shared market intelligence are supporting a major fightback against the €1.6bn market of counterfeit imaging products, with OKI Europe confirming a crackdown on counterfeit operations that has led to a string of seizures, Click for more

Using technology to inform the public about the dangers of fake goods and support investigations against counterfeiters was a central theme at this year’s Interpol Intellectual Property Crime Conference in South Africa, Click for more

ICCE, the Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa, is launching a subtitled video to help Russian law enforcement officers in their fight against counterfeiting gangs, Click for more

Anti-counterfeiting experts including ICCE members are helping Israel’s customs officials to disrupt the flow of fake goods that funds serious organised crime in the country, Click for more

Anti-counterfeiting experts including ICCE members are helping Israel’s customs officials to disrupt the flow of fake goods that funds serious organised crime in the country, Click for more

Anti-counterfeiting experts are running training days for customs officials in Egypt, which joined the top ten countries of origin for counterfeit goods in 2013, according to the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), Click for more

As the year in which ICCE marked its 20th anniversary draws to a close, the organisation is stepping up its support for the resellers of imaging supplies, with the launch of a new factsheet which helps them identify counterfeit consumables, Click for more

The new head of the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), Detective Chief Inspector Teresa Russell, has sought to reassure businesses that the force is keen to further enhance collaboration with industry, Click for more

Counterfeiting is a global problem that transcends borders and has serious implications for citizens, business and governments at a national level. International agencies such as Europol are able to provide a more effective global oversight, Click for more

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) takes pride in the work it does around the world to protect consumers and reduce the sale of counterfeit goods, Click for more

Between Sunday 11 March and Wednesday 21 March 2018 a number of ICCE (Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa) members are involved in the roll out of an extensive training and education programme, Click for more

Celebrating its 20th anniversary in September, ICCE successfully continued to raise awareness of counterfeit imaging supplies, educate law enforcement officials, help coordinate actions and bring criminals to justice, Click for more