COUTURE | PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST COUNTERFEITING
IN THE FASHION SECTOR
10 December 2007 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo Gemelli 1, Sala Pio XI | Milano | Italy
COUTURE | PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST COUNTERFEITING
IN THE FASHION SECTOR
TRANSCRIME
Joint Research Centre on Transnational Crime
Università degli Studi di Trento Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Via Inama 5, 38100 Trento | Italy Largo Gemelli 1, 20123 Milano | Italy
www.transcrime.it
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Sara Martocchia at TRANSCRIME
[email protected]
Phone: +39 02 72343715/16 | Fax: +39 02 72343721
AGIS 2005
COUTURE is co-funded by the European Commission - DG JLS
under the 2005 AGIS Programme
BACKGROUND
The counterfeiting of products is a growing phenomenon which
affects trade and the legal economy worldwide. Effective prevention
strategies need to be developed both at private and public level in
order to confront this threat.
In 2005 the European Commission awarded TRANSCRIME - Joint
Research Centre on Transnational Crime (Università degli Studi di
Trento - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano) project
COUTURE - Private and Public Partnership for Reducing Counterfeiting
of Fashion Apparels and Accessories.
The project was co-funded under the 2005 AGIS Programme and
was carried out in partnership with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) and the University of Leeds (United Kingdom).
Its aim was to improve the response to the counterfeiting of fashion
apparel trademarks by undertaking a vulnerability study of the
apparel and accessories market at EU and national level, and by
developing crime-proofing mechanisms for assessing crime risks
associated with the fashion sector’s regulation and products. The
assumption is that regulation and products of a certain market can
inadvertently produce opportunities for crime.
Crime-proofing is a form of risk management which aims at identifying such opportunities and providing solutions to reduce them.
AIM OF THE CONFERENCE
The conference presents the findings which have emerged during
the study and discusses effective forms of cooperation between the
public and private sector to combat counterfeiting.
In particular the following topics are addressed:
the apparel and accessories market (at EU, Italian, French and British
level) and its exposure to counterfeiting: the main vulnerabilities
which are exploited by counterfeiters are analysed and discussed;
crime-proof law: a crime risk assessment mechanism for proofing
regulation of the fashion sector against counterfeiting is
presented together with the results of its application;
crime-proof goods: a crime risk assessment mechanism for proofing fashion products against counterfeiting is presented and the
results of its application are commented upon.
PROGRAMME
09.00 | REGISTRATION
09.20 | OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
Ernesto U. Savona
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano and TRANSCRIME | Italy
Intervention of:
Daniela Carosi
Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi | Italy
13.00 | LUNCH
14.00 | INVESTIGATING AND RESPONDING TO COUNTERFEITING:
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EXPERIENCES
09.30 | PRESENTATION OF THE FINAL REPORT
Part I
Results from the vulnerability study of the fashion market in Europe
Barbara Vettori
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano and TRANSCRIME | Italy
Francesca Calovi
Alto Commissario per la lotta alla contraffazione | Italy
Pierre Kopp
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | France
David Wall and Joanna Large
University of Leeds | United Kingdom
Part II
Presentation of the Crime Risk Assessment models for proofing
regulation and products of fashion sector against counterfeiting
Ernesto U. Savona and Sara Martocchia
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano and TRANSCRIME | Italy
11.00 | COFFEE BREAK
11.20 | MONITORING AND PREVENTING
COUNTERFEITING AT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LEVEL
Contributions from:
Giovanni Casucci
Studio Legale Casucci | Italy
Trine Dancygier
Task Force Counterfeiting, Danish Customs | Denmark
Contributions from:
Ronald Brohm
SNB-REACT | The Netherlands
Massimiliano Caforio
Legal Department, Gianni Versace Spa | Italy
Enzo Calabria
Servizio Analisi Criminale, Ministero dell’Interno | Italy
Riccardo Castiglioni
Studio Legale Castiglioni Bonelli Marchetti Le Divelec | Italy
Roberto Gherardi
Ufficio di Staff-Antifrode, Direzione Regionale per la Lombardia,
Agenzia delle Dogane | Italy
Aimin Huo
Patent & Trademark Law Office, China Council for the Promotion
of International Trade (CCPIT) | People’s Republic of China
Monica Imovilli
Carpinvestigazioni Srl | Italy
Elena Pigozzi
Brand Protection Department, Nike Italy Srl | Italy
Virgilio Pomponi
Nucleo di Polizia Tributaria della Guardia di Finanza di Milano | Italy
16.30 | DISCUSSION
17.30 | CONCLUSIONS
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The conference is addressed to public enforcement authorities at
national and EU level and to private stakeholders, such as fashion
houses and trade associations. International, EU and national organizations engaged in the fight against counterfeiting may also be
interested in the results which have emerged from the study, as well
as academics and professionals who deal with Intellectual Property
rights. In particular, criminologists, economists, political scientists
and lawyers who have scientific and professional interest in participating in the event.
Antonio Franceschini
CNA Federmoda | Italy
Julia Holden
International Trademark Association (INTA)
and Trevisan & Cuonzo Avvocati | Italy
Emanuele Montelione
Lexico Srl | Italy
Silvio Paschi
Istituto di Centromarca per la lotta alla contraffazione (INDICAM) | Italy
