Piracy
Piracy can strike any business, both in the physical and in the digital environment. The more successful you are as an entrepreneur, the greater the risk that someone will copy your products.
Piracy means that someone unlawfully copies your protected intangible assets. For example, unlawful copying of music and film that is copyright protected or copying of protected goods and trademarks. You can read more about piracy at the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV).
Pirate copying - protect your business
How to protect your company
Start by registering your intellectual property rights – for example your trademark, patent or design – with PRV.
You cannot register copyright in Sweden. It arises automatically when you create your work.
If you are going to export or produce your products abroad, you should register your intellectual property rights in the relevant countries.
Trading with other countries at PRV
Application for preventive intervention
If you, as an entrepreneur, have registered intellectual property rights, you should submit an application for preventive intervention to the Swedish Customs. With the help of the information you provide to the Swedish Customs, they can more easily identify and stop goods that are suspected of being pirated.
If there is no application, the Swedish Customs must first contact you to submit one before the case can be processed. If it takes too long before all the formalities are completed, the suspected pirated goods may have to be released.
Intellectual property rights at the Swedish Customs (in Swedish)