Download or read book Report on the EU Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains statistical information about the detentions made under customs procedures and includes data on the description, quantities and value of the goods, their provenance, the means of transport and the type of IP right that may have been infringed. Each detention is referred to as a 'case'; a case may involve one or more articles and each case may contain articles of different product categories, belonging to different right-holders. In COPIS (an EU-wide anti-counterfeit and anti-piracy information system containing all applications for action and all detentions), Member States register each case per category of goods and per right-holder. For each right-holder, a new detention procedure will be initiated, which explains why there are more procedures than cases. Certain statistics, e.g. on results, product category, or a given IP right, are provided per procedure instead of per case, as the figure can differ per procedure. Other statistics remain per infringement case, e.g. customs procedures or transport mode, as the figure is only relevant per detention case. The statistics are established by the Commission, based on the data transmitted by Member State administrations, in accordance with the relevant EU customs legislation. From 1 January 2014, Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 lays down the provisions concerning customs enforcement of IPR, including provisions for submitting relevant information by Member States to the Commission. The annual statistics provide useful information to support the analysis of IPR infringements in the EU and the development of appropriate counter-measures by customs. Such figures allow for a better understanding of the scope and extent of the problem.