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

Studie: Neue Wege zum Schutz vor Produktpiraterie

Top-News // Recent studies

Study: New ways for tackling counterfeiting

2022-04_Deutscher Zoll Massiver Anstieg der Beschlagnahmungen 2021

Top-News // News from customs and authorities

German Customs: Massive increase in seizures in 2021

Fälscher produzieren zunehmend in der EU

Top-News // Recent studies

Counterfeiters increasingly produce within the EU

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News from customs and authorities

OLAF: Officials seize 15 million liters of alcoholic beverages

9. December 2022

Led by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), authorities seize around 15 million liters of counterfeit alcoholic beverages. The notable success was part of this year’s OPSON operation by Europol, targeting counterfeit food products.

Europol: Fake pesticides increasingly produced within the EU

News from customs and authorities 5. August 2022

Customs seizes truckloads of counterfeits

News from customs and authorities 20. June 2022

Counterfeiting ring dismantled in Berlin

News from customs and authorities 31. May 2022

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Economy news

Amazon offers insights into the work of its anti-counterfeiting unit

7. December 2022

The e-commerce giant grants a look behind the scenes of its Counterfeit Crimes Unit: A new video and an article in the trade magazine WTR show the work of the brand protection experts – and illustrate how essential communications is in the fight against fakes.

TV report provides insights into the counterfeiting market

25. October 2022

Social media in focus in controversy over negative list

24. October 2022

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Know-how and tips

The year in review – your highlights of 2022

13. December 2022

Recap major news of 2022: Our highlights of the last twelve months for example gather alarming customs results, spectacular seizures, as well as interesting background reports and studies.

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

EU: SMEs receive millions in funding for IP protection

Know-how and tips 31. January 2022

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.

Study: Young adults prone to buying fakes

30. June 2022

More than one in three young adults in Europe deliberately buys counterfeits, says a recent EUIPO study. This indicates that the share of buyers of fakes has more than doubled recently. One reason is the Covid-19 pandemic – but apparently also a generally high level of acceptance.

Mechanical engineering suffers huge losses due to fakes

6. June 2022

Counterfeiting causes damages worth billions in the mechanical engineering sector, a new study by the German industry association VDMA shows. About three in four German companies are affected – and one country newly moves into the top 3 countries of origin.

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

New initiative to fight illegal health products

21. October 2022

A transatlantic initiative is targeting European transshipment hubs for counterfeit health products. In this effort, the US FDA is joining forces with European authorities and the OECD, in response to recent developments.

China: Technology to protect e‑commerce

News from legislation and politics 25. July 2022

EU agrees on groundbreaking online law

News from legislation and politics 27. April 2022

AliExpress and WeChat end up on USTR blacklist

News from legislation and politics 20. February 2022

UK: Inflation soll Nachfrage nach Fälschungen treiben

UK: Inflation might be driving demand for counterfeits

In the last fiscal year, consumer protection agencies in England and Wales removed counterfeits worth over 111 million British pounds from the market. However, authorities ...

Millionen gefälschter Spielwaren in Deutschland sichergestellt

Millions of counterfeit toys seized in Germany

The Frankfurt Criminal Police achieved a spectacular feat against counterfeiting, seizing more than three million illegal toys. This was preceded by close international coordination and ...

Uganda greift gegen gefälschte Mobiltelefone durch

Uganda cracks down on counterfeit mobile phones

Uganda wants to drastically minimise the number of counterfeit mobile phones in the country. All mobile phones that are not registered in a special database are ...

US-Zoll konfisziert massenhaft Socken mit falschem Rohstoffsiegel

US Customs confiscates masses of socks with a false raw material seal

Two shipments of medical socks containing over 1,000 boxes were stopped by US customs officials in July. The seized products, with a total value of several million US dollars, were ...

Studie: Gefährliche Chemikalien in gefälschten Textilien

Study: Harmful chemicals in counterfeit textiles

More than one in three counterfeit clothing and sporting goods purchased online might contain harmful chemicals. This was published in a study by an ...

Hype um Luxusuhr ruft Fälschungen auf den Plan

Hype about luxury watch attracts counterfeiters

The Swatch Group launched a new watch model together with Omega at the end of March – and is immediately confronted with counterfeits. The watches are attracting enormous demand, ...

USA: Luxuswaren in Millionenwert beschlagnahmt

USA: Luxury goods worth millions seized

American customs have confiscated counterfeit luxury watches worth tens of millions in just three shipments within a month. One seller of the fake watches was already known from earlier ...

News in brief

Customs seizures, Europol, online trade – news in brief

8. December 2022

Fakes disguised as alleged Ukraine aid delivery // Europol operation thwarts illegal online trade // Customs investigators dismantle trade in fake car parts // Dresden customs stops counterfeit goods worth millions // Amazon helps strike against counterfeiters in China

Anti-Piracy Analyst by Karg und Petersen