WTR – “Anti-Counterfeiting Guide 2015” with contribution from three BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partners.

The internationally renowned specialist magazine World Trademark Review has published the renowned “Anti-Counterfeiting Guide 2015” which is compiled in cooperation with the World Customs Organization and INTERPOL. In the May 2015 edition of the guide, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner and trade mark law experts Dr Rudolf T. Böckenholt, Dr Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann and Dr Florian Schwab contributed the article “Border seizure measures in the European Union”. The article looks at issues in relation to product piracy and borders seizures in the EU. In particular, new rules applying to border seizures after the entry into force of the new Boarder Seizures Ordinance such as the new small volumes procedure are set out clearly. The entire article can be downloaded as pdf here (note: “This article first appeared in “Anti-Counterfeiting 2015“ – A Global Guide, a supplement to World Trademark Review, published by Globe Business Media Group – IP Division. To view the guide in full, please go to www.worldtrademarkreview.com): WTR_ACG_RegionalFocus_EuropeanUnion.pdf