E-commerce, the great channel for counterfeiting

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Half of all counterfeit goods seized in the European Union were purchased online. 85% of copies detected on marketplaces and e-commerce sites come from ...

The sale of counterfeit goods is a major problem. In Spain alone, infringements of industrial property rights in the main sectors affected represent losses of 5.753 billion euros per year, as well as the elimination of 44,697 direct jobs per year, according to data from the European Union Intellectual Property Office.

European Union (EUIPO), included in the 'National and comprehensive plan to combat the sale of counterfeit products and to enforce industrial property rights for 2023/2026' of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.


As stated in the document, “the consumption saudi arabia phone data and marketing of counterfeit products have harmful effects that transcend the boundaries of the merely economic and create obstacles to the protection of the environment, the preservation of public health or the development of R&D in companies.”

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Among the factors that are driving the sale of counterfeit products we can mention the expansion of online commerce, the elimination of barriers to internal trade in the European common market or the fluidity of transport networks with Asian producing countries , the place of origin of a large part of this type of articles.

Data from the EUIPO report 'Risks of illicit trade in counterfeit goods for SMEs' confirm this. According to the study, half of the counterfeit products seized at the borders of the European Union that infringed the intellectual property rights of SMEs were purchased online.