Misuse of Small Parcels for Trade in Counterfeit Goods Facts and Trends

This study examines the potential for the misuse of small parcels for trade in counterfeit and pirated goods. It presents the legal and economic contexts of the operation of express and postal services. It also looks at the available data on volumes of small consignments, via postal and courier stre...

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Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, European Union Intellectual Property Office
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2018
Series:Illicit Trade
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This study examines the potential for the misuse of small parcels for trade in counterfeit and pirated goods. It presents the legal and economic contexts of the operation of express and postal services. It also looks at the available data on volumes of small consignments, via postal and courier streams, in the context of seizures of counterfeit and pirated goods. Furthermore it analyses the links between the observed dynamics in markets for small parcels and the available information on misuse of this service by traffickers in counterfeit and pirated goods
Physical Description:88 p. 21 x 28cm
ISBN:9789264382022
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