27 October 2021CopyrightAlex Baldwin

Online counterfeit surge amid COVID-19, warns EUIPO report

The growth in e-commerce sales of counterfeit goods poses a “serious and growing risk” to economic growth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study.

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