2026Divide The Youth
An influencer swapped the Swoosh for his logo — a jury said that's still counterfeiting
sold Nike Dunk look-alikes, swapped logo$11 million jury verdict against roughly $56,000 in profit
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2024–2026WPP
WPP's China ad-buying arm ran a ¥1.2 billion kickback scheme before anyone noticed
police raid over broker kickbacks¥1.2B (~$176M) kickback scheme uncovered; executive fired
2020-2026Vetements Group AG
Vetements spent six years fighting to trademark its own name — and lost
USPTO ruled VETEMENTS a generic term6-year suit lost; no US federal trademark on its own name
2026Rolo Fashion Ltd
Influencer Georgia Aldridge ordered to pay £213,000 for selling counterfeits
dropshipped fakes to her 32k followers£213,000 awarded against her for counterfeits
2026程十安 (姜乘澜)
Beauty influencer 程十安 lost her name and account to her MCN and faced a ¥11M enforcement
MCN owned her brand assets¥11.198M enforcement; lost name, accounts and image rights
2026STRABAG
STRABAG's Austrian cartel fine more than trebles to a record €146 million
2002-2017 construction bid-rigging€146 million — a record Austrian fine, up from €45.37m
2026-07-02Mo Li Nai Bai
Mo Li Nai Bai copied LV's Monogram onto its cups — a court ordered ¥10.3M in damages
Copying LV's Monogram into its decor¥10.3M judgment; must stop and redesign the brand look
2026Adidas
Adidas sued a sneaker leak account for extortion — then dropped the case itself
leaked signature sneaker designssought $75,000+ in damages; dismissed with prejudice
2026Nike
Nike scheduled a sneaker drop for 7-Eleven Day — in 7-Eleven's own colors
colorway matched 7-Eleven's stripesrelease cancelled; lawsuit seeks recall and damages
2023–2026歐客佬
Taiwan coffee chain 歐客佬 sold 'geisha' beans it never bought — twice
A name borrowed without the beansA prosecution under the Food Safety Act, twice-used name
2026RIPNDIP
Streetwear brand RIPNDIP DMCA's an indie artist's two cats, then had to eat the backlash
A DMCA claim against two catsViral backlash and a forced apology
2020–2026HP India
HP India rigged government tenders through its resellers — ₹142.37 crore CCI fine
cover bid-rigging on GeM tenders₹142.37 crore fine (HP India ₹138.85cr + resellers ₹3.52cr)
2021–2026Amazon
Amazon's €746M GDPR record fine was scrapped on a technicality
ad-targeting on data with no legal basis€746M record fine, annulled and remitted
2025-2026Cuckoo Electronics
Kim Soo-hyun's advertisers sued him — and one claim grew from 500M to 2.86B won
Allegations; terminated contractsThree lawsuits; claims totalling roughly 10B won
2020–2026MH Whitening Skin
Mira Hayati: the dangdut star who sold mercury whitening cream to 20,000 resellers
Mercury found in her whitening creams2-year prison term + Rp 1B fine; business, brand destroyed
2023–2026AliExpress
AliExpress got a €550M EU fine — the DSA's first big test landed on Alibaba
DSA came into full effect€550M ($629M) fine
2015–2026Cargill
McDonald's sued Cargill for fixing beef prices — $87.5M confirmed the suspicion
DOJ probed meatpacking concentration$87.5M settlement to McDonald's and other buyers
2020–2026Pizza Hut Korea
Pizza Hut Korea filed for rehabilitation after losing a 21.5B won franchisee lawsuit
Franchisee lawsuit over unfair fees21.5B repayment, 27.3B loss, 17.7B negative equity, rehab
2015–2026Bi-Ang International (必昂國際)
Taiwan's Bi-Ang faked 'Made in USA' labels on skincare for 8 years — NT$1.3B in sales
local manufacturing with import labelsNT$1.3B in illegal sales; CEO and manager indicted
2026Anthropic
Anthropic settled a $1.5B copyright lawsuit — the price of training AI on pirated books
pirated books used to train AI models$1.5B settlement, forced destruction of pirated files