CLDP, in close cooperation with Ukraine’s Customs Service and Ukraine’s private industry, held a two-day workshop on identification and interdiction of counterfeit and pirated products on February 22-23. The participants were Ukrainian customs officials and presenters included Chanel, Nike, Puma, Adidas, BIC, European Business Association, DuPont and Stihl AG. The workshop focused on practical problems of enforcement, covering issues of identification as well as institutional and legislative impediments. While the private sector companies discussed the technical aspects of identification of authentic versus counterfeit products – often using actual products – the workshop also included for interactive case studies that highlighted institutional and legislative impediments to enforcement of counterfeit and pirated products. At the conclusion of the workshop, the participants discussed recommendations and next steps in order to establish better communication channels between private industry and the State Customs Service of Ukraine and identify possible solutions to institutional and legislative impediments to efficient IPR enforcement. By training customs officials on methods and techniques to identify counterfeit and pirated products, it is hoped that protection and enforcements of IP rights in Ukraine will be improved.