Intellectual Property Magazine
Covid, crime and counterfeits
Maura O'Malley
Despite the effects of Covid-19, IP crimeunfortunately remained ‘resilient’ between 2020 and 2021. This was the maintheme
running through the UK Intellectual Property Office’s (UK IPO) IPcrime and enforcement report 2020 to 2021,
1 where the UK IPOgave a rundown of the activities and programmes initiated to combat IP crimeand various successes and failures
through a difficult time period.