The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights of OHIM has been presented with the International Public Body Award in the prestigious Global Anti-Counterfeiting Awards, sponsored by Reconnaissance International’s Authentication News™ and the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group (GACG).
The winners of the sixteenth annual awards were announced in Paris on World Anti-Counterfeiting Day at the Musée de Contrefaçon housed at the Headquarters of the Union des Fabricants.
The awards were made as a continuing recognition of special achievements by individuals, companies and organisations. Among the achievements mentioned of the OHIM, were the Observatory studies on the contribution of IP and on the perception the public has of IP, as well and the setting up of the Enforcement Database.
Another of the awards was also closely linked to the OHIM, as Phil Lewis picked up the Individual Achievement Award. Phil Lewis spent nearly three years at OHIM, working in the Observatory as one of its founder members. He joined the European Commission as a seconded national expert, and was part of the small team which set up the Observatory when it was still in DG MARKT.
Source: OHIM
