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Protecting your Brand Damian Croker d amian.croker@brandstrike.com. Protecting your Brand. What is a brand? Why is it important? Where does it need protecting? When do you know if you have a problem? How is infringement enforced? Some examples of online infringement A few statistics.
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Protecting your Brand Damian Croker damian.croker@brandstrike.com
Protecting your Brand • What is a brand? • Why is it important? • Where does it need protecting? • When do you know if you have a problem? • How is infringement enforced? • Some examples of online infringement • A few statistics
What is a Brand? • Many definitions • Not a trademark • An experience
Why is it important? • A patent is for 20 years, a brand is for life. • Lost reputation equals lost revenue • Company Value
Where does it need protecting? • At Creation and beyond • Online • Supply Chain
When do you know if you have a problem? • Drop in sales • Customers/Distributor • Monitoring
How is infringement enforced? • Gather Evidence • Send a letter/Mediate • Enforcement Agencies
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A Few Statistics • IP Crime in UK valued at £1.3bn • 70% flows back to organised crime • Impact on UK valued at £3.6bn in lost taxes and 380,000 jobs • 10% technology products sold worldwide counterfeit • £6m counterfeit medicines seized since 2006 • 90% of all seizures in Europe by customs • 54% of all EU seized counterfeit goods from China