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Messe Frankfurt to give Tendence Lifestyle exhibitors even greater support in the fight against product piracy

New service: information stand for exhibitors and visitors in the foyer of Hall 4.1

As the first fair and exhibition company to do so, Messe Frankfurt has launched a concerted campaign against product and brand piracy under the name 'Messe Frankfurt against copying'. According to estimates, product copies already account for eight percent of world trade – and simultaneously generate losses running into billions of euros for the manufacturers of branded products. Figures from the German Ministry of Finance show, for example, that almost one percent of all goods seized in Germany come from the perfume and cosmetic sector. Thus, this product group holds tenth place in the list of seizures by product groups.

At Tendence Lifestyle in August 2005, Messe Frankfurt published an information brochure for exhibitors with information and details of how to obtain assistance. Since 2006, Messe Frankfurt is organising a special exhibition stand in the foyer of Hall 4.1 to inform exhibitors – and visitors, too – about how they can protect their products. Here, representatives of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market – Trade Marks and Designs, the German Trade Mark and Patent Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt), the Anti-Product Piracy Campaign Committee of German Industry (Aktionskreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft gegen Produktpiraterie e.V.), the 'Plagiarius' campaign (Aktion Plagiarus e.V.) and the Intellectual Property Rights Department of German Customs (Zentralstelle Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz des Zolls) will provide information and answer questions. With these partners, Messe Frankfurt is bringing together representatives of all relevant authorities and private initiatives from the field of industrial property-rights protection. A more competent source of advice on product piracy, a subject of immense economic significance, is hardly conceivable.

Messe Frankfurt considers it vital that all exhibitors be fully informed about the possibility of intellectual-property theft because anyone affected by product piracy can only take legal action for restraint and damages providing certain steps have been taken in advance of the fair. According to German law, Messe Frankfurt GmbH is not entitled to take action against product pirates. Only the owner of the registered design can do this. Now in its second edition, The Messe Frankfurt information brochure lists all important measures and registration requirements. It also includes contact details for firms of lawyers that can provide assistance during the fair should this be necessary.

Download: Messe Frankfurt against copying: Protection against brand and product piracy (PDF, 239 KB)

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Messe Frankfurt to give Tendence Lifestyle exhibitors even greater support in the fight against product piracy
New service: information stand for exhibitors and visitors in the foyer of Hall 4.1 As the first fair and exhibition company to do so, Messe Frankfurt has launched a concerted campaign against product and brand piracy under the name 'Messe Frankfurt against copying'. According to estimates, product copies already account for eight percent of world trade – and simultaneously generate losses running into billions of euros for the manufacturers of branded products. Figures from the German Ministry of Finance show, for example, that almost one percent of all goods seized in Germany come from the perfume and cosmetic sector. Thus, this product group holds tenth place in the list of seizures by product groups. At Tendence Lifestyle in August 2005, Messe Frankfurt published an information brochure for exhibitors with information and details of how to obtain assistance. Since 2006, Messe Frankfurt is organising a special exhibition stand in the foyer of Hall 4.1 to inform exhibitors – and visitors, too – about how they can protect their products. Here, representatives of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market – Trade Marks and Designs, the German Trade Mark and Patent Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt), the Anti-Product Piracy Campaign Committee of German Industry (Aktionskreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft gegen Produktpiraterie e.V.), the 'Plagiarius' campaign (Aktion Plagiarus e.V.) and the Intellectual Property Rights Department of German Customs (Zentralstelle Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz des Zolls) will provide information and answer questions. With these partners, Messe Frankfurt is bringing together representatives of all relevant authorities and private initiatives from the field of industrial property-rights protection. A more competent source of advice on product piracy, a subject of immense economic significance, is hardly conceivable. Messe Frankfurt considers it vital that all exhibitors be fully informed about the possibility of intellectual-property theft because anyone affected by product piracy can only take legal action for restraint and damages providing certain steps have been taken in advance of the fair. According to German law, Messe Frankfurt GmbH is not entitled to take action against product pirates. Only the owner of the registered design can do this. Now in its second edition, The Messe Frankfurt information brochure lists all important measures and registration requirements. It also includes contact details for firms of lawyers that can provide assistance during the fair should this be necessary.

Download: Messe Frankfurt against copying: Protection against brand and product piracy (PDF, 239 KB)