counterfeits
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...
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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....
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Tags: cosmetics, counterfeits, Denmark, EUIPO, Infringement, personal care, Pharmaceuticals, trademarks
Fighting the bad guys with customs surveillance
By AWA | Posted on April 3, 2014
Most classic feel-good Hollywood movies reach a point when things look most bleak, and you almost doubt whether the hero will defy all odds and beat the villain. The eternal fight against counterfeiting is starting to reach a similar point. As IP specialists and larger companies are aware, one of the most effective remedies in...
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...
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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
Field all your players if you want to win the game
By AWA | Posted on May 12, 2008
Imagine a football manager who bemoans the fact that the opposition is invincible and his team never wins. Yet match after match he fields only nine players instead of the full complement of eleven. He’d be branded as a madman – and his career would probably be very short-lived. The war against the pirates is...
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