International survey on anti-counterfeiting and piracy

Counterfeiting and piracy constitute significant and growing problems facing industry worldwide. The existence of counterfeiting and piracy are considered to be detrimental to a well functioning economy; they restrain investment and innovation, and hamper the growth of national economies, depriving legitimate enterprises of turnover and the state of its revenue.

The Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee is leading a new project to conduct an international survey on counterfeiting and piracy. The main purpose of the survey is to:

• highlight the key challenges to the enforcement of IPRs (trademark and copyright goods) in different jurisdictions; and
• identify a set of ‘best practices’ to deal with the issue.

With your assistance, we hope to reach our goal of identifying – from a legal perspective – what can be done to deal with this global problem more effectively.

In order to ensure that the survey is both robust and representative of a wide range of jurisdictions, we would appreciate your assistance in completing the survey. Of course, if you have any further information or comments, these would also be greatly appreciated.

Download the survey. The completed survey should be sent to Anurag Bana. Anurag is coordinating the project and is happy to answer any enquiries in the first instance.

The survey report is available here.

Clive Elliott, LPD Council Member
Alexander Birnstiel, Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz, Germany
Anurag Bana, Project Lawyer, IBA