Eurojust supports national judicial authorities in dealing with infringements of intellectual property rights, which are often related to other crime types such as tax fraud, cybercrime, crimes against human health or trafficking in substandard products.

Eurojust supported a growing number of large cases tackling this form of crime in 2020, notably several large-scale operations tackling illegal online streaming services and pirate-copied movies and TV series, including Operation Sundance, initiated by the Liaison Prosecutor of the USA. Another major coordinated action concerned ‘K boxes’ used for illegal audiovisual streaming services in more than 20 000 households and was initiated at the request of the Liaison Prosecutor of Switzerland.

During 2020, Eurojust also intensified the cooperation both with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and with Europol.