This report looks at the demand for counterfeit goods and identifies its key drivers. It discusses the specificity of the demand for counterfeit goods, including both deliberate and unintentional demand. Indeed, some consumers will deliberately buy counterfeit and pirated goods while others will...

In total 120 institutions and individuals contributed to the Orphan Works Survey 2017, with input received from 26 countries (25 EU Member States and 1 EEA country). The results show that users are largely satisfied with the overall experience of using the Orphan Works Database. Technical and...

The methodology applied in this study (as in the other studies in this series) requires a long time series of sales data of a homogeneous product. When possible, official data from Eurostat have been used, defining each sector based on the NACE classification. For car spare parts, only two NACE...

This report is the result of a study on protection and controls of agricultural geographical indications, for which the EU Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) requested the collaboration of the EUIPO's European Observatory on Infringements of...

In 2015, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, commissioned a research study on online business models used to infringe intellectual property rights (IPRs). The initiative was created as an...

This brochure provides an overview of the breadth and depth of work carried out by the various specialised EU decentralised Agencies and Joint Undertakings. It showcases their combined added value, and how they are working to help make Europe more competitive and a better place to live and work.

This brochure provides an overview of the breadth and depth of work carried out by the various specialised EU decentralised Agencies and Joint Undertakings. It showcases their combined added value, and how they are working to help make Europe more competitive and a better place to live and work.