This was the first competition for schools organised by Members of the European Parliament, to raise awareness of the dangers of counterfeiting and piracy.

The "REAL fake" competition was aimed at young people between 10 and 15 years old and will be an annual event.

All schools in the European Union were invited to participate and pupils and students were encouraged to design a logo or a stamp for the European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy or to produce short stories, games and films, or any other items about the problem of counterfeiting and piracy.

The winning entries will now be used to help educate others about the specific impacts and dangers of this phenomenon.

Why this competition was organised

While the dangers associated with counterfeiting and piracy continually grow, public awareness remains comparatively low. Consequently, we urgently need to focus our attention on raising the awareness of children, who can be enticed to buy fakes at an early age.

With this in mind, Members of the European Parliament with the assistance of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal Market and Services, launched this new competition, which has been the first step in a Europe-wide educational campaign.

Winners, Prizes and events

The winners of the 1st category for best "Logo/Poster" for the European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy, which will be used on all of the Observatory's future materials, were:

• 1^st place – First High School of Triandria (Greece)
• 2^nd place – IES Sabinar-Roquetas de Mar (Almería, Spain)
• 3^rd place – Gimnazjum z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi nr 4 im. Orła Białego w Słupsku (Poland)

The winners of the 2nd category for best "Video" were:

• 1^st place – Vörösmarty Mihály Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Művészetoktatási Intézmény (Hungary)
• 2^nd place – Gymnázium Nymburk (Czech Republic)
• 3^rd place – Gimnazjum w Jasienicy (Poland)

The following participant schools have been chosen to receive special recognition:

Additional materials*

• “REAL fake” stories (Authentics Foundation)
  • Circuit Breakers
  • Pesticides
  • Phones
  • Leaflet [7 MB]
• Interactive presentation and leaflet on the occasion of the World Intellectual Property Day – Programme  (Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation, OBI)
• School materials from around the world in multiple languages (Pro-music)
• Le Journal de Mickey : A bas les copieurs (Disney, UNIFAB)
• Childnet: Young People, Music and the Internet
• The Drummer (video by Pro-music)
• A Singer Disappears (with English subtitles)
• I mestieri della musica: come nasce un progetto discografico
  (clip promossa dale associazioni di categoria AFI-FIMI-PMI; autore: Domenico Liggeri; Regia: Andrea Marchi)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • Comic book on Copyright
  • Comic book on Trademarks
  • Comic book on Patents
  • Your own world of IP
  • Learn from the past, create the future: inventions and patent
  • Learn from the past, create the future: Copyright and the Arts
  • More information about Intellectual Property
  • More information about Copyright
• Stop Piracy (OSIM, Oficiul de Stat pentru Inventii si Marci, Romania)
• Ideen sind etwas wert! (IFPI Austria)
• Stop piraterne (The Permanent Danish Network Against Counterfeiting and Piracy)
• Infokiosk (Danish Ministry of Culture)
  • Infokiosk Guide
• Cartoons on copyrights, trademarks and patents (Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania)
  • Copyright
  • Trademarks
  • Patents
• PHARE Project on the Implementation of Public Awareness Programme on Intellectual Property Rights in 2005 (Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania)
• Spanish Commission for combating counterfeiting awareness campaign (SPTO and ANDEMA)
• Leaflet on Enforcement of IP Rights for IP rights owners (Slovenian Intellectual Property Office)
• Translation of three WIPO comic books on Copyright Patents and Trademarks (Slovenian Intellectual Property Office)
  • Copyright
  • Patents
  • Trademarks
• Ideenliebe (BDI)
• Rispettiamo la Creatività (AFI, SIAE)
• Hungarian National Board Against Counterfeiting (NBAC)
  • Works from the competition “Counterfeiting as I see it – My creation, my property”, 2009 (NBAC)
  • Spots and video clips on medicine counterfeiting put together by the NBAC
  • website against counterfeiting pharmaceutical products
  • Campaign leaflet against counterfeiting pharmaceutical products (NBAC)
  • Campaign flyer about consumer electronics (NBAC)
  • Leaflet on inventions, inventors, intellectual property rights (Hungarian Patent Office)
  • Cartoons and games on inventions and the protection of industrial property rights (Hungarian Research Student Movement)
  • Cartoon on the importance of copyright (ASVA, Proart)
  • Leaflet of the Day of autographing (ProArt)
• Comité National Anti-Contrefaçon (CNAC)
• Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle (INPI)
  • Infopoche – La propriété intellectuelle (INPI)
  • Fiches pédagogiques pour la sixième « Droits et devoirs du citoyen en matière de propriété intellectuelle » (INPI)
    • Pour élèves
    • Pour professeurs
    • Annexes
  • Fiches pédagogiques pour la cinquième « La Contrefaçon » (INPI)
    • Pour élèves
    • Pour professeurs
    • Annexe
  • Fiches pédagogiques pour la troisième « Étude de cas : contrefaçon, attention ! » (INPI)
    • Pour élèves
    • Pour professeurs
    • Annexes : I , II
  • Fiches pédagogiques pour 5^ème – 3^ème – 2^de
    « Le droit d’utilisation et de partage de ressources documentaires » (INPI)
    • Pour élèves
    • Pour professeurs
    • Annexes : I , II , III , IV

* The documents and materials made available in this section and all associated rights are the property of the authors/rights owners. Any use outside the scope of the competition, referred to above, must be cleared and agreed with the respective authors/rights owners.