Brand Detectives in Franconia and the Upper Palatinate

Brand producers whose products are counterfeited are the holders of the relevant intellectual property rights. To enforce and preserve these rights, they have the option of taking legal action both against the manufacturers and against the purchasers of imitations (claims for damages, cease-and-desist letters, criminal proceedings). As a basis, the injured parties naturally require

  • a) knowledge of the offences,
  • b) the identities of those responsible for the damage, and
  • c) court-admissible proof.

 

For this, the brand detectives of Kurtz Detective Agency Nuremberg are your experienced specialists: +49 911 3782 0154.

The High Economic Volume in the Nuremberg Region Also Brings High Risks

With a gross domestic product of 115 billion euros, the Nuremberg region was already one of Bavaria’s most important business locations in its official tenth year as a metropolitan region (2015); by 2022 the GDP had even risen to 167 billion euros. Alongside the expansion of the media and IT sector, a major focus for companies is on congresses and specialist trade fairs, where important international business contacts can be forged. As a result, Nuremberg is gaining increasing global significance.

 

However, these contacts with international markets also entail an increased risk of trademark counterfeiting and product piracy. There is scarcely an Asian or Eastern European country that does not manufacture and distribute large-scale counterfeits. Low labour costs and cheap materials in these countries have given rise to entire economic sectors based on piracy. Increasingly, orders for counterfeits are also being placed on the African continent.

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The production of goods in Asian and Eastern European countries is, among other things, economical because of low wages. Here brand products are cheaply counterfeited in large quantities and brought onto the European markets.

Internet as a Distribution Platform

In the electronic age the internet has become a worldwide trading platform available around the clock. It is therefore no surprise that many counterfeits and imitations can be purchased precisely here. About 33 per cent of all turnover from counterfeit products is generated via this distribution channel. Especially in the area of software and multimedia products, the internet — with auction platforms such as eBay or download providers like MEGA (the successor to the notorious Megaupload) — is the appropriate marketplace. Increasingly, so-called closed forums are also emerging. The user must register before gaining access to the respective forum. Programs are then made available there that would normally only be obtainable under a paid licence. Many buyers are even aware that they are purchasing counterfeits that look deceptively similar to the original but are not genuine. Purchasing counterfeits or imitations is just as punishable as distributing them.

 

If you discover that counterfeits of your products are in circulation, turn with confidence to the experienced detectives of Kurtz Commercial Detective Agency Nuremberg on +49 911 3782 0154 and arrange a non-binding consultation.