Distribution of Quantity of Detained Items in the European Union Internal Market, 2017-2020
Source: European Union Intellectual Property Office. EU Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: Results at the EU Border and in the EU Internal Market 2020 (Alicante: EUIPO, 2021)
Topic: Illegal Products
Reference year: 2017-2020
Geographical area: European Union
Method: Data collection
Link to original document:
op.europa.eu
This chart shows the evolution of the number of fake items seized in the European Union Internal Market over the period 2017-2020, based on the results of the EUIPO report "EU Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: Results at the EU Border and in the EU Internal Market 2020," published in December 2021. The results show that the number of fake items detained in the EU internal market in 2020 amounted to 46 million items, an increase of 3.6 % (or 1.6 million items) compared to 2019.