Amazon meldet massive Erfolge im Kampf gegen Fälschungen

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Amazon reports massive success in fight against counterfeiting

Etsy als Vertriebsplattform für Fälscher kritisiert

Top-News // Economy news

Etsy criticized as sales platform for counterfeits

Top-News // Economy news

Negative award Plagiarius again awarded to brazen counterfeiters

Top-News // Know-how and tips

The year in review – your highlights of 2022

ZDF-Bericht liefert Einblicke in den Fälschungsmarkt

Top-News // Economy news

TV report provides insights into the counterfeiting market

Milliardenschwerer IT-Fälscherring aufgedeckt

Top-News // Economy news

Billion-dollar IT counterfeiting ring exposed

Studie: Jugendliche kaufen bewusst Fälschungen

Top-News // Recent studies

Study: Young adults prone to buying fakes

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News from customs and authorities

Counterfeiting boss convicted of VAT tax fraud

9. May 2023

After years of investigation, the mastermind of a well-known group that had been dealing in counterfeit clothes worth tens of millions has now been found guilty in the United Kingdom. This also means an important success in one of the UK’s biggest tax fraud cases.

Millions of illegal pharmaceuticals seized

News from customs and authorities 19. January 2023

OLAF: Officials seize 15 million liters of alcoholic beverages

News from customs and authorities 9. December 2022

Europol: Fake pesticides increasingly produced within the EU

News from customs and authorities 5. August 2022

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Economy news

Amazon reports massive success in fight against counterfeiting

10. May 2023

E-commerce giant Amazon invested around 1.2 billion dollars in brand protection measures in 2022 and saw notable successes. The company’s new brand protection report now provides interesting insights into actions and results.

Counterfeit cosmetics are booming on TikTok‑Shop

8. May 2023

ZDF report examines the trade in counterfeit on Instagram

7. May 2023

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Know-how and tips

PATINFO2023 looks at IP protection of the future

24. March 2023

Join the discussion at PATINFO2023 about optimization opportunities for IP protection in times of digitization and artificial intelligence. And gain insights into processes and approaches used in practice as well as current legal developments.

The year in review – your highlights of 2022

Know-how and tips 13. December 2022

New platform informs about counterfeiting hotspots worldwide

Know-how and tips 20. October 2022

PATINFO2022: Digitization and IP protection

Know-how and tips 18. May 2022

Study: Small companies often strongly affected by counterfeiting

27. March 2023

A new analysis by EUIPO and OECD shows that counterfeiting can have serious consequences for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, many SMEs do not enforce their IP rights – often for one important reason.

Chemical and pharma industries go for innovative brand protection

6. February 2023

Companies from these sectors are often strongly affected by counterfeiting – and give a high priority to innovative measures such as brand protection communications and track & trace. This is illustrated by a current analysis based on the Brand Protection Study conducted by Arvato Systems and Karg und Petersen.

Study analyzes online marketplaces in Europe

5. December 2022

More than half of the major European online marketplaces have no dedicated measures against counterfeiting, according to a recent study. For brand protection, the diversified e‑commerce landscape also poses further challenges.

Hamburger Containerhafen_Wert der grenzüberschreitend gehandelten Plagiate

$464 BILLION DOLLARS^*
is the value of fake products traded across borders – year for year

*OECD/EUIPO, Global Trade in Fakes – a Worrying Threat, 2021 (estimates for 2019)

5,8% der Importe in die EU sind gefälscht

5,8 PERCENT^*
of all imports into the EU are fake – amounting to about 119 billion euros annually

*OECD/EUIPO, Global Trade in Fakes – a Worrying Threat, 2021 (estimates for 2019)

Arbeiter mit Schutzbrille_betroffene Firmen

3 OUT OF 4 COMPANIES^*
are strongly or even very strongly affected by counterfeiting (approx. 71%)

*Karg und Petersen/Arvato Systems, Brand Protection Study 2022 (kup.listudy)

Arme verschränkt_Unternehmen erwarten Verschärfung

95 PERCENT^*
of companies expect the counterfeiting problem to get worse or do not rule this out

*Karg und Petersen/Arvato Systems, Brand Protection Study 2022 (kup.listudy)

Firmen setzen auf innovative Markenschutz-Maßnahmen

3 OUT OF 4 COMPANIES^*
successfully use innovative anti-counterfeiting approaches – such as special brand protection communications

*Karg und Petersen/Arvato Systems, Brand Protection Study 2022 (kup.listudy)

News from legislation and politics

Negative lists focus online – and still omit social media

7. February 2023

The US government’s new Notorious Markets List keeps its focus on illegal online trade – but refrains from including some well-known social networks, which was often requested. Similarly, the corresponding list from the EU continues to omit them too.

USA: New law for more transparency in online trade

News from legislation and politics 24. January 2023

New initiative to fight illegal health products

News from legislation and politics 21. October 2022

China: Technology to protect e‑commerce

News from legislation and politics 25. July 2022

Österreich: Zollaufgriffe 2022 auf hohem Niveau

Austria: Customs seizures on a high in 2022

Austrian Customs have reported remarkable successes for 2022: The number of seizures reached the second highest amount ever recorded. In particular, the number of seized illegal ...

UK: Textilfälschungen im Millionenwert beschlagnahmt

UK: Counterfeit textiles worth millions seized

Police in the city of Manchester seizes counterfeit clothing worth around 6.8 million euros as part of their Operation Vulcan. With this, the officials also deliver another strike against the so called ...

Football-Fanartikel im Millionenwert beschlagnahmt

American football merchandise worth millions seized

US authorities and the NFL have reported seizures of counterfeit sports goods and fan merchandise worth more than 20 million dollars. The counterfeits were taken out of circulation as part of Operation ...

Japan: Airbag counterfeiting ring unmasked

Police authorities in Tokyo break up a network of airbag counterfeiters and intercept a shipment of fake airbags on its way to America. The counterfeiters allegedly copied airbags of well-known Japanese ...

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