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EORI number mandatory to file actions against counterfeit goods in the EU

By Mette Parlev | Posted on November 25, 2020

Danish customs oversee thousands of counterfeit goods each year and over the past five years, the number of cases of counterfeit goods has quadrupled. This has also caused the number of intervention cases to increase. Rights holders have a very short time to react and file an intervention action when Danish customs find potential cases...

Tags: counterfeits, Customs, EORI, EU

EUIPO figures reveal that trademark infringement is an expensive business in Denmark

By AWA | Posted on January 20, 2020

The 2019 Status Report on IPR Infringement from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) reveals that the annual sales lost due to counterfeiting in Denmark amount to €828 million. This represents 4.2% of the total sales in the 11 sectors covered by the report, which included cosmetics and personal care, clothing, footwear and accessories and pharmaceuticals....

Tags: cosmetics, counterfeits, Denmark, EUIPO, Infringement, personal care, Pharmaceuticals, trademarks

Chinese focus on IP

By Vibeke Warberg Rohde | Posted on October 1, 2012

Recently representatives of Awapatent participated in the China Intellectual Property Focus 2012 conference in Shanghai. Our participation is a part of our effort to make Awapatent’s name known in China, but we also believe that it is important to contribute to the growing IP awareness in China. Accordingly, Mikael Bergstrand from our Malmö office gave...

Tags: awapatent, china, counterfeits, IP rights

Counterfeit Goods in the EU – Troubling News but No Surprise

By AWA | Posted on August 14, 2012

On July 24, the European Commission published a press release concerning its report on seizure of counterfeit goods during 2011 in the EU (see the full report). It turns out that seizure of suspected counterfeit goods increased some 15 % compared to 2010. Top categories are medicines (24 %), packaging material (21 %) and cigarettes...

Tags: china, counterfeits, EU, Infringement, IP rights, Piracy, Trademark

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