mercoledì 15 luglio 2009

UE - European Commission publishes 2008 statistics of customs actions in enforcing IPR

The European Commission has published statistics related to customs actions on goods infringing intellectual property rights (IPR) at the EU external borders. The report shows an increase in the number of cases where goods infringing IPR have been detained, from 43,000 cases in 2007 to nearly 49,000 in 2008.
The types of articles with a significant increase in detention are toys, electrical equipments, medicines and DVDs. The statistics demonstrate a strong trend of cooperation with industries, where over 80% of customs interventions in 2008 were initiated at industry's request based on suspicion of IPR-infringing products.

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