Blicken Sie mit uns zurück auf die letzten zwölf Monate: Unsere Jahresrückblick zu Markenschutz und Produktpiraterie versammelt aufrüttelnde Statistiken, aktuelle Analysen und Pläne, sowie News und Hintergrundberichte rund um Markenschutz aus 2025.

Top-News // Know-how and tips

Year in review: Your highlights from 2025

EU: Behörden ziehen 2024 erneut über 100 Millionen Fälschungen aus dem Verkehr

Top-News // News from customs and authorities

EU: Authorities to confiscate over 100 million counterfeits in 2024

Zollstatistik 2024: Deutscher Zoll meldet deutlich mehr Beschlagnahmungen

Top-News // News from customs and authorities

Customs results for 2024: German customs report surge in seizures

EU-Studie: Produktpiraterie als Herausforderung in Europa

Top-News // Recent studies

EU study: Counterfeiting as a challenge in Europe

Jahresrückblick: Ihre Highlights aus 2024

Top-News // Economy news

The year in review – your highlights of 2024

24-04_ EU-Kommission stellt neue Maßnahmen gegen Fälschungen vor

Top-News // News from legislation and politics

EU Commission outlines new steps against counterfeiting

24-02_ Schmähpreis Plagiarius prangert wieder dreiste Kopien an

Top-News // Economy News

Negative award Plagiarius again denounces brazen imitations

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News from customs and authorities

EU: Authorities to confiscate over 100 million counterfeits in 2024

6. November 2025

The number of counterfeits seized in the EU remains at a high level in 2024, and the estimated value even reached a new peak. This worrying trend is shown in the latest annual report, which also highlights new challenges in brand protection.

Customs results for 2024: German customs report surge in seizures

News from customs and authorities 30. July 2025

EU: Huge increase in counterfeit seizures in 2023

News from customs and authorities 8. December 2024

German customs: Sharp drop in seizure figures

News from customs and authorities 20. June 2024

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Economy news

Mercedes-Benz reports hundreds of raids for 2024

3. November 2025

Mercedes-Benz continues its strong stance against counterfeit goods, reporting nearly 800 enforcement actions last year. In addition, the car manufacturer has had hundreds of thousands of offers removed from online shops and social media.

Negative award Plagiarius denounces brazen imitations

5. May 2025

Amazon turns to AI in the fight against counterfeiting

2. May 2025

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Know-how and tips

Year in review: Your highlights from 2025

3. December 2025

Join us as we look back on the last twelve months: our year in review for brand protection and counterfeiting features startling statistics, latest analyses and plans, as well as news and background reports on all things brand protection from 2025.

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Know-how and tips 7. April 2025

The year in review – your highlights of 2024

Know-how and tips 10. December 2024

ARD report looks into business with luxury counterfeits

Know-how and tips 2. December 2024

Study: Trade in counterfeits amounts to hundreds of billions of euros annually

3. November 2025

According to a recent study by OECD and EUIPO, the global cross-border trade in counterfeit goods alone exceeds 400 billion euros every year. Fake products thus account for around 2.3% of international world trade.

EU study: Counterfeiting as a challenge in Europe

20. May 2025

Against a backdrop of lacking awareness, new technologies, and high costs of living, counterfeiting remains a major challenge in Europe. Authorities also expect illegal production to shift into the EU. The recent EU SOCTA report highlights some key developments.

Study: Mechanical engineering heavily affected by counterfeiting

10. June 2024

Every second company in the mechanical engineering sector in Germany is affected by counterfeiting, a new study by the industry association VDMA says. However, it also suggests that companies can protect themselves well with the right measures.

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$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

Customs checks: Companies said to deliberately allow counterfeits to go through

5. November 2025

According to reports in Belgian media, brand owners often allow counterfeit goods that have been intercepted by customs officials to pass through. The dreaded consequence: Belgium might become a gateway for counterfeit goods into Europe.

EU plans customs reform and new fee on low‑value imports

News from legislation and politics 25. July 2025

Vileda fights counterfeiting on Temu

News from legislation and politics 5. July 2025

Temu: New measures planned regarding Chinese online stores

News from legislation and politics 5. June 2024

Frankreich Massenhafte Beschlagnahmungen von Plüschtieren bis Elektronik

France: Huge seizures of counterfeits, from soft toys to electronics

More than 70,000 counterfeit products were removed from circulation by customs officials in France in the summer of 2025 in a series of remarkable actions. The confiscated counterfeits infringed well‑known brands and included fake electronics as well as sports products and toys.

Luxusmarke bekommt Millionen-Entschädigung zugesprochen

Luxury brand awarded millions in compensation

The luxury brand Louis Vuitton has achieved a remarkable legal victory in the USA: in a lawsuit against an indoor market, the French company was awarded a 584 million US dollar default judgment.

25-07_Frankreich Zoll beschlagnahmt 20.000 gefälschte Parfums

France: Customs seize 20,000 counterfeit perfumes

Customs officials in Calais and the Paris region have seized almost 20,000 counterfeit luxury perfumes within two days. According to authorities, a sharp increase in confiscated perfume counterfeits ...

25-07_Modefälschungen im Wert von zig Millionen sichergestellt

Fashion counterfeits worth many millions seized

In a large‑scale operation against counterfeit clothing, authorities and the European Anti‑Fraud Office (OLAF) have seized more than 1.8 million fake items, including counterfeit designer clothing, shoes, and accessories ...

Karg und Petersen – Anti-Piracy Analyst