Studies carried out between March 2015 and September 2016 by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the results of which were published on Monday 5 December, put the annual losses suffered in the EU due to counterfeiting and piracy at €83 billion.
According to these studies, 7.4% of all sales – in other words, €48 billion – is lost due to counterfeit goods in new sectors (clothes, shoes and accessories, sports goods, toys and games, jewellery, leather goods,...