During the Open House Day at the Institute of Intellectual Property of the Kyiv Center of the National University “Odesa Academy of Law”, on September 1, one more social event titled “I Buy Real! I Don’t Buy Fakes!” was held by the Ukraine Alliance Against Counterfeiting and Piracy. This event is a continuation of the the awareness-raising campaign “Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Piracy Days in Ukraine” which is a part of the World Anti-Counterfeiting Day campaign initiated by the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group (GACG Network).

After the celebrations dedicated to the beginning of a new school year and matriculation of the prospective specialists in the field of IP and innovations the visitors and guests of the holiday had an opportunity to view the mobile exhibition of the UAACP’s Museum of Counterfeits that was displayed in the premises of the Academy. The exhibits of the Museum included the samples of pirated audiovisual products and various counterfeit goods illegally bearing trademarks of famous national and foreign manufacturers that were handed over to the museum mostly by Pakharenko and Partners. Since counterfeiting affects almost all types of consumer goods, the exhibition included the samples of fake clothes, footwear, accessories, various packaging, chemicals, cosmetics and stationery.

Students, their parents and teachers, judges and officials as well as the representatives of law enforcement authorities viewed the samples of counterfeits with curiosity, asked questions to the experts and tried out finding the counterfeit features in the exhibits of the exhibition. The UAACP experts spoke about the illegal manufacture of counterfeits and their dissemination routes, the danger of purchasing counterfeit goods and gave their advice on how to avoid buying fakes.

There were also promotional gifts with slogans “I Buy Real! I Don’t Buy Fakes!” for everyone as a keepsake of the event.