While repression is undoubtedly important to oppose the counterfeiting industry, there should also be campaigns to provide information and raise awareness in order to warn the general public, and especially younger generations, about the risks of buying counterfeit goods. Re-education is indeed fundamental and irreplaceable in...
More light on the alarming size of counterfeiting in Italy is shed by the data collected by the General Directorate against counterfeiting of the ministry for economic development and namely the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM). Through the IPERICO project, the latter has developed...
Counterfeiting is currently one of the plagues damaging the Italian market; it affects virtually every product sector, although this practice is especially prominent in the field of fashion and in the trade of luxury goods. Its widespread distribution is favoured by the illusion of impunity for...