The online environment of counterfeiting and piracy figures by Nominet showed the suspension of 32,813 domains for criminal activity, marking a year-on-year increase of 97 percent, according to the latest UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) IP Crime and Enforcement Report for 2018 and 2019.
The report, in cooperation with around 30 organisations focused on the prevention of IP rights violations, centred around two main strategies of crime prevention measures and public awareness initiatives.
It identified that the ever-increasing franchising system of social media has led to the creation of online networks of organised counterfeiting and copyright infringement, as affirmed by the National Markets Group for IP Protection (NMG) and the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU).
The report also flagged concerns surrounding design protection available to designers following Brexit, as they will no longer be covered by the higher level of protection offered by the EU’s Unregistered Community Design Right.
In response to the current landscape of IP crime, many of the organisations featured in the UKIPO’s report have initiated measures such as consumer campaigns, partnerships, parliamentary activity, trading standards, social media campaigns, intelligence coordination, working groups, and other counterfeit awareness tools.
Source: IPR Daily
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