Being a multinational company and popular is often accompanied by concerns about counterfeiting their products. Piracy, which is becoming increasingly difficult to combat, in addition to copies are increasingly indistinguishable from original products.
According to a Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development study (OECD) and the European Union Intellectual Property Officethe The piracy industry moves about 461,000 million dollars a year. In addition, he highlighted that 63.2% of imitations originate in China.
1.Nike
The sports brand Nike, is one of the largest and most recognized in the world of sports, with high quality products and great prestige. So it would not be strange to think that the brand is the company that suffers the most from counterfeiting problems. Nike has taken legal action against portals and online sellers, however, the battle is still long.
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Nike.
2. Maccosmetics
The giant of the beauty industry, MAC cosmetics, is not only one of the most popular, but also the most pirated makeup brand in the world. Consuming clandestine products could harm the skin and health of buyers who prefer to pay less money for “quality” products.
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MACcosmetics.
3.Samsung
The South Korean brand creator of technology tops the list of pirated brands in the telephony sector. It is common for consumers to be misled and scammed with fake products. From March 2020 to February 2021 alone, 572,303 devices in China turned out to be fake, of which 34% were Samsung, followed by Apple with 13%. China is one of the main countries where they are manufactured.
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Samsung.
4. Viagra
This is definitely the most dangerous counterfeit within the hacking industry. Putting consumers at mortal risk and is the best-selling pill on the black market. According to statements by Jeff Kindler Pfizer, six out of 10 pills sold on the internet are fake.
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Viagra pill.
5.Adidas
The other most famous and prestigious sports brand of the world also has a serious problem with counterfeit products. The German brand has tried to take action against piracy, and has even asked its consumers to report it if they witness this crime.
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Adidas.
6.Channel
the french brand it is one of the most expensive in the world, so people who cannot access it resort to this crime. The counterfeiting problems are so great that even in 2017 the Amazon company had to pay almost 3 million dollars for the sale of fake products through its page.
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Chanel.
7.Louis Vuitton
Another French luxury brand belongs to the most pirated in the world, because it is not common to have access to one of their bags. Like Chanel, the company decided to start taking action in the matter since 2014 to prevent the counterfeiting of its products and went so far as to sue eBay in 2008 for selling fake products, which it won and received 39 million dollars for. damage.
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Louis Vuitton.
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