A project funded by the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and carried out by an interdisciplinary team of experts from Bournemouth University, including the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (CIPPM) and the Cyber Security Unit.

The study covers the legal and technical dimensions of IP infringement through vendor accounts on third-party trading platforms, with the aim of providing new knowledge to tackle the phenomenon at policy, judicial and enforcement levels.

Expected publication date: September 2021.

Research team

Maurizio Borghi (Project Leader)

Vasilis Katos

Dimitrios Kourkiadis

Dukki Hong

Panagiotis Bellonias

Ioannis Chalkias

Cagaty Yucel