Study “Vendor Accounts on Third Party Trading Platforms” now published

Posted . Filed under EU IP Policy.

In May 2020 the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, commissioned a research study into IP infringements on online trading plaftorms. The research covered the 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.

The CIPPM Research Team, led by Maurizio Borghi and Vasilis Katos, included Dimitrios Koukiadis, Cagatay Yucel, Panagiotis Bellonias, Ioannis Chalkias and Dukki Hong.

Table of contents

INTRODUCTION

METHODOLOGY

PART 1. ONLINE IP INFRINGEMENT ON THIRD PARTY TRADING PLATFORMS

  1. Defining the problem
  2.  Business models analysis
  3. The IP infringement supply chain

PART 2. ENFORCEMENT AGAINST INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENTS ON THIRD PARTY TRADING PLATFORMS

  1. Measures, policies and tactics
  2.  Vendor’s liability: selected case law from EU Member States
  3.  Injunctions against intermediaries
  4.  Jurisdiction of IP infringement cases

CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX: CASE STUDIES

>> Download the full Report here.

>> Executive Summary (English)

Executive Summary in other languages is available from the Observatory Publications page.