Counterfeiting and piracy in numbers

Counterfeiting and piracy of original products has become a global problem. At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in spring 2004, losses due to counterfeited goods were shown to be over US$ 400 billion annually.

Swiss products are also targets of counterfeiting and copying. According to estimates published in the June 30, 2005 issue of the magazine CASH (pdf 460 KB), Swiss firms lose up to 2 billion francs annually from counterfeiting.

The increase of trade in counterfeited and pirated products is reflected in the customs authority's statistics: The number of cases in which they intervened because of suspicion of trademark or copyright infringement has increased over the past several years:

Federal Customs Administration Statistics

2010 (pdf 19 KB) / 2009 (pdf 140 KB) / 2008 (pdf 160 KB) / 2007 (pdf 149 KB) / 2006 (pdf 213 KB) / 2005 (pdf 873 KB) / 2004 (pdf 97 KB) / 2003 (pdf 80 KB)

EU Statistics

2009 (pdf 1'496 KB) / 2008 (pdf 981 KB) / 2007 (pdf 227 KB) / 2006 (pdf 282 KB) / 2005 (pdf 82 KB) / 2004 (pdf 294 KB) / 2003 (pdf 745 KB) / 2002 (pdf 518 KB) / 2001 (pdf 70 KB) / 2000 (pdf 225 KB)

 

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