Joint OECD-EUIPO study: E-commerce is main enabler of counterfeit trade

Joint OECD-EUIPO study: E-commerce is main enabler of counterfeit trade

In recent years, online commerce has been booming - and the upwards trend has continued during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

A joint OECD-EUIPO study now finds that more than half of the counterfeit goods seized at the European Union (EU) borders stem from online commerce. 

The study ‘Misuse of e-commerce for trade in counterfeits’ analyses data from custom seizures of goods at the external borders of the EU and looks at how counterfeit goods end up in the hands of consumers. (...)