Intellectual Property Magazine
Counterfeiting costs
An EU Commission report blamesweak IP enforcement, insufficient public awareness and low sanctions for the‘alarming’ number of imported EU fakes. CatherineWhite examines
Catherine White,IPM
Counterfeit and pirated goods made up €121bnor 6.8% of EU imports from third countries in 2016, so says an EU Commissionreport
published on 9 January.