Our Founder
David Denholm, the CEO of Edwin James, helped the owners of the character-based brand Pets Rock end their counterfeit issues. With 13 years’ experience in building the artists’ brand, he saw the devastating impact of counterfeit on an artist’s time, reputation and business.

Discovering the winning formula 
After completing his first case in 2018, he stumbled upon a unique strategy for stopping Far East counterfeit and recovering an artist’s lost earnings at no cost to the creative.

An expert team in your corner
As a result, Edwin James has grown and now consists of a large team of researchers and attorneys who specialise in tackling Far East counterfeit. Through our unique process, we took 35,000 counterfeiters to court in 2023.

No upfront costs for you
With a fully managed and proactive service, Edwin James pays all upfront costs and shares a percentage of the damages. You, the artist, have very little to do.

Success time after time
Edwin James has successfully completed over 300 cases recovering lost earnings for hundreds of artists worldwide – even if they have previously not registered their artwork.

Protection and substantial compensation
In real terms, this means artists who were formally victims of counterfeit finally had the protection they needed. The illegal sellers no longer stole their work. Artists were no longer battling infringement and have recovered five, even six figures, from the damages awarded by the court.

Counterfeit is thriving on marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and others, and Edwin James’ method allows artists to stop selling cheap and substandard versions of their artwork on these platforms.

Stopping counterfeiters in their tracks
We are not a takedown service. Instead, Edwin James hits the counterfeiters in the pocket, which stops them from re-offending. We are self-financing, so you don’t have to pay anything upfront.