TRANSPORT OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS

Abstract

The paper is focused on a current problem of transport of counterfeit goods in the European Union. Counterfeiting has a strong influence on the distribution organizations worldwide because most of counterfeit goods threaten the health and safety of consumers. Counterfeiting is a serious problem in the world economy today. The purpose of this paper is to point out the danger of counterfeiting in connection with the transport of Intellectual Property (IP) rights - infringing goods. Background of the paper’s content is based on secondary data research of publicly available sources - international statistics and world reports.

Keywords

• transport
• borders
• intellectual property rights
• counterfeiting
• counterfeit goods
• brand
• trade mark