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Eight out of 11 slime products tested by Which? discovered to contain unsafe levels of the chemical boron; H Grossmans' Goopy Slime deemed among safest slime on the market.
Read More »Two major toy safety CEN standards have now been revised
Developed by CEN/TC 52, the revisions are expected to be cited in the Official Journal of the European Union over the summer.
Read More »“Much more to do” in fighting online fakes as TRAP issues one million notices against IP pirates
The firm has said that while one million infringement notices may seem like an extraordinary number, it represents only a fraction of the total infringing products pushed by criminal networks on platforms like Amazon and eBay.
Read More »Zimpli Kids joins war on ‘toy tat’ covermounts as product line-up goes 100 per cent degradable
According to the firm that now boasts a 100 per cent degradable product portfolio, the use of cheap plastic toys on the cover of children’s magazines are not only bad for the environment, but have very little play value.
Read More »BRC calls for three-year business rate freeze citing tax as “not fit for purpose”
The group said that the retail industry “shoulders far more than its fair share” of rates bills and that the tax was “leading to store closures.”
Read More »UK kids’ magazines ‘plastic toy tat’ purge is “top of the agenda”, says Egmont
The firm has responded to calls from groups like Authors4Oceans for all UK kids' magazine publishers to end the 'toy tat' giveaways generating 3,000 tonnes of landfill a year.
Read More »Games Manufacturers Association called on to take steps against reports of industry sexual harassment
This is the latest in ongoing discussions around behaviour and levels of representation within the increasingly popular tabeltop gaming community.
Read More »Trump imposes 25 per cent tariffs on $50bn worth of Chinese goods; accuses Beijing of IP theft
The US wants China to stop practices that allegedly encourage transfer of intellectual property - design and product ideas - to Chinese companies, such as requirements that foreign firms share ownership with local partners to access the Chinese market.
Read More »Parenting now is hard, but children’s use of tech should not be regulated, says UK culture secretary
In place of legislation to mirror France, Hancock has suggested that society needs time to become educated on how to implement the use of technology better.
Read More »“Horrifying” stat that counterfeit goods value will hit $2.8tn by 2022 “highlights risk to small brands as well as large”
The International Trademark Association issued a review yesterday highlighting that rising IP theft and pirating will see the value increase from the $1.3 trillion in 2013 to nearly $3 trillion in the next four years.
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