Strong crackdowns on infringing import and export products at home and abroad

Foreign media reported on August 26 that the four departments of the Federal Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) in Los Angeles, the Consumer Products and Mass Marketing Bureau ( CPMM ), the Apparel Footwear Import Division ( AFT ), and the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations ( HSI ) worked together to seize 39,243 counterfeit products in two batches in containers sent from China . The two batches of counterfeit products were seized on July 19 and 30 respectively .

The two batches of knockoff products include sandals, handbags, sneakers, hats, wallets, backpacks, mobile phone cases and belts , most of which are marked with some of the world's famous luxury brands. If they are all authentic, their market value would exceed US$50 million.

Counterfeit or infringing products have always been the target of joint crackdown by customs at home and abroad. According to the news released by my country's customs, the following are the latest infringement cases.

When inspecting a container of small commodities that a company had declared for export through market procurement, customs officers at Meishan Customs found that the goods declared as "toys" and other goods contained a large number of batteries, with the "Panasonic" logo used on both the outer packaging and the goods. The number reached 192,000, which was suspected of infringing the exclusive right of the "Panasonic" trademark. It was confirmed that the batch of batteries was an infringing product.

Horgos Customs seized a batch of suspected infringing glasses in the railway freight channel, totaling 8,000 pairs, infringing the "BMW and Graphics" trademark, the "Mercedes-Benz Three-Pointed Star (Graphic/3D)" trademark, and the "PRADA" trademark. At present, the customs has filed a case for investigation with a case value of 166,000 yuan, which is the highest-value infringement case seized by the customs this year.

When the customs officers of Laogang Customs conducted on-site inspection on the goods named "school bags" declared for export by a Guangzhou company, they found that the school bags were printed with trademarks such as "PAW Patrol", "Snow White", "Frozen Pattern", and "FILA", which were suspected of infringing the exclusive right to use trademarks. After confirmation by the right holder, the above goods were all infringing products, totaling 650.

Dayaowan Customs seized 3,080 boxes of bananas whose outer packaging infringed the intellectual property rights of the "Olympic Five Rings Logo". At present, Dayaowan Customs has temporarily detained the relevant goods in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, and will deal with them after further investigation.

A technology company in Shenzhen declared to Dapeng Customs to export two batches of electronic cigarette atomizers. Customs found suspected infringement during inspection. It was confirmed that the batch of goods was suspected of infringing the patent right of "electronic cigarette atomizer (TH210)" with about 360,000 atomizers and 488,000 cigarette holders. The suspected infringement of the patent right of "electronic cigarette atomizer (M6Y10)" was 72,000 atomizers and 226,800 cigarette holders. The total case value exceeded 21.76 million yuan.

Huangdao Customs seized a batch of infringing filters for export, totaling 19,026. The words "TOYOTA" were printed on these filters and the inner packaging cartons. After comparing with the information in the customs filing system for intellectual property rights, the exporting company did not obtain legal authorization for the "TOYOTA" trademark. The right holder confirmed that these filters were infringing products. At present, the customs has temporarily detained these infringing goods for further disposal.

Guangao Customs detained a batch of suspected infringing packaging boxes for export in accordance with the law. After inspection, the customs found that the outer and inner packaging boxes of the batch were printed with the "Suyan" trademark, which was actually cigarette packaging boxes, suspected of infringing the exclusive right to use the trademark. After counting, the suspected infringing goods totaled 70,000 outer packaging boxes and 700,000 inner packaging boxes. At present, the case is being further processed.

In recent years, my country's import and export trade has continued to expand, and more and more Chinese products are sold overseas. Chinese products should start from themselves and use legal and compliant higher-quality products to promote the steady and long-term development of China's import and export trade.

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