After Forbes revoked its Ukrainian publisher’s license in March 2014, the magazine kept printing under the Forbes name for almost three more years. Here is the evidence, and where the real publication actually lives.
Forbes Ukraine (2014–2017 zombie license) is historical zombie license. The current Forbes Ukraine (operating since 2020) is official. The 2014–2017 continuation was not.
Forbes revoked the UMH license on 16 March 2014 (its ultimate owner was placed under sanctions).
The printer continued publishing without a license until January 2017.
A New York arbitration ruling (April 2016) barred the use of the Forbes mark — publication still continued for months.
The method works for every brand: find the publisher’s official list of licensed editions and check the domain against it, then check the masthead, the indexing and the archive. The full method is in our verification checklist, and all twenty documented cases are in the Fake Editions Registry.
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Is Forbes Ukraine (2014–2017 zombie license) real?
Not then — the current one is. The current Forbes Ukraine (operating since 2020) is official. The 2014–2017 continuation was not. Evidence: Forbes revoked the UMH license on 16 March 2014 (its ultimate owner was placed under sanctions)..
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