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Out in the open: battling counterfeiters in the social media landscape

Social media presents brands with great opportunities, but if they want to fully realise the benefits they need to take care of the obvious, such as their own social media accounts, as Chrissie Jamieson of MarkMonitor explains.

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Snapshot

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Social media

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