Shein and Temu – China’s new shopping giants face accusations

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German customs: Sharp increase in seizure value in 2022

Amazon meldet massive Erfolge im Kampf gegen Fälschungen

Top-News // Economy news

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

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News from customs and authorities

German customs: Sharp increase in seizure value in 2022

2. August 2023

In 2022, German customs has once again recorded a surge in the total value of counterfeits seized. The annual report shows that certain industries are particularly affected – and that the transport routes for counterfeits might be shifting.

Police in England pull off record raid

News from customs and authorities 2. August 2023

Counterfeiting boss convicted of VAT tax fraud

News from customs and authorities 9. May 2023

Millions of illegal pharmaceuticals seized

News from customs and authorities 19. January 2023

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Economy news

Mercedes-Benz sees rise in counterfeits traded online

2. October 2023

Together with authorities, the car manufacturer Mercedes‑Benz removed around 1.6 million counterfeit products from circulation last year. However, the company is encountering much more offers for counterfeit products on social media and online platforms than before.

Shein and Temu – China’s new shopping giants face accusations

2. October 2023

France: Association launches awareness campaign

2. August 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

EU Commission eyes ambitious customs reform

1. August 2023

With its new customs reform, the EU Commission wants to better harmonize the activities of customs authorities and impose stricter regulations on online trade. The comprehensive reform plans could well have an impact on the fight against counterfeiting in the European Union.

Ukraine war said to change trafficking in Europe

News from legislation and politics 1. August 2023

Negative lists focus online – and still omit social media

News from legislation and politics 7. February 2023

USA: New law for more transparency in online trade

News from legislation and politics 24. January 2023

Europol-Aktion beschlagnahmt Mode-Plagiate in Millionenwert

Europol action sees seizures of fashion counterfeits worth millions

As part of Europol’s Operation Fake Star, national authorities have confiscated counterfeit clothing, footwear, and accessories worth around 87 million euros. Among others, the counterfeits ...

England: Händler gefälschter Designerprodukte verurteilt

England: Dealers of counterfeit designer products sentenced

Three counterfeiters have now been sentenced in court after UK police had seized goods worth a million pounds. The group had been running their illegal business hidden in the basement ...

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 ...

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