Article in WIPR: Using customs to fight counterfeits

31.5.2017

Our European trademark attorney Riikka Palmos writes in the latest issue of the World Intellectual Property Review about how to use the Customs Register of Intellectual Property Objects (CRIPO) to fight against counterfeits.

, Russia-Eurasia

Keywords: counterfeit, CRIPO, ipr, rospatent, russia, teollisoikeudet, tuoteväärennös

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