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IP4all Weekly Bulletin
Archive: 27 Jul 2015
Over €26 billion and up to 363,000 jobs lost every year in the EU due to counterfeiting of clothes, shoes and accessories
The manufacture and distribution of fake clothes, shoes and accessories (such as ties, scarves, belts and gloves) takes over €26 billion every year from legitimate EU businesses. A new study from the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), shows that the sale of fake clothes, shoes and accessories in the EU equals nearly […]