Educational Workshop for Customs Officials

On September 5, 2017 AmCham, in cooperation with the Customs Administration, organized the “Educational workshop for customs officials with a focus on recognition of counterfeit versions of technically sophisticated products”, at the Customs Administration’s premises in Zagreb.

Four speakers - Mr. Charles Mann on behalf of Opel, Mr. Branko Miočić on behalf of Mitsubishi, Mr. Alan Berger on behalf of Oracle and Mr. Luka Jelčić on behalf of GlaxoSmithKline - gave presentations for customs officials working in Customs Administration offices in North Croatia, on ways of identifying possible counterfeits and pirated versions of their companies’ products that find their way into the domestic market, and opened a dialog on possibilities of further mutual assistance in tackling this issue.

The workshop was organized with the purpose of raising awareness of the importance of intellectual property rights protection and of equipping customs officials with the practical knowledge to adequately tackle cases of their suspected infringement.