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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

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