Submitted by christian on Tue, 07/12/2022 - 17:23
In 2019, packaging materials were the third most frequently encountered counterfeit articles seized at the EU’s external border, continuing the trend from 2018 . In 2020, it was the top category . In 2020, packaging materials were also among the five most frequently encountered categories of counterfeit articles seized in the internal market, together with the category of labels, tags and stickers. The most commonly infringed IP violation in relation to packaging materials detained in 2020 were ‘trade marks’ (53 %) and ‘designs’ (46 %).
