Registering industrial property rights grants the owner a position of exclusivity in terms of the use and exploitation of inventions, form creations and distinctive signs.
However, in today's world, industrial property rights are increasingly targets of falsification and piracy. Industrial piracy represents an ever more complex and widespread threat, fundamentally resulting from the proliferation of new technologies.Nowadays, industrial piracy also affects a wider and more diverse range of products than ever before, including products that may pose a serious risk to the health, safety and well-being of the public.
According to the latest report from the OECD (update for 2009), the economic value of this fraudulent trade amounts to $250,000. In Spain, according to the latest statistical report on police interventions in this field (2009), the total value of counterfeit items seized by the police exceeded €438 million.
A crucial element in the fight against this phenomenon is that of raising public awareness of the dangers, while also educating and providing information on the importance of respecting industrial property rights, since they represent a significant contribution to the economic and industrial growth of a nation.
