Two Million Fake Nike Exports To Southeast Asia

As a result, it has become a well-known brand of sports clothing, such as the brand name of "brand" and "brand name" of sports wear Black industry chain 。 Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Huangdao public security bureau that according to a goods seized by the customs that was suspected of infringing intellectual property rights, the police pulled out a network for manufacturing and selling counterfeit goods, and cracked the case of infringement of foreign-related intellectual property rights worth more than 300000 US dollars, equivalent to more than 2 million yuan. According to reports, this is the first such case in our province since the national special action against the crimes of infringing intellectual property rights and manufacturing and selling fake and inferior commodities was launched at the end of last year.

　　 Huangdao customs intercepts counterfeit Nike

In December last year, a batch of goods from a Weifang International Trade Co., Ltd. declared for export caused Huangdao customs Staff attention, more than 5600 knitted hats and more than 2700 sets of chemical fiber woven men's sports suits are printed with the "Nike" logo, worth more than 56000 dollars, suspected of infringement Nike Exclusive right of trademark of International Limited company.

After receiving the clues, Huangdao police cooperated with the customs to check the goods, and contacted Nike International Co., Ltd. to identify the inspected goods. On December 29, the appraisal report of Nike International Co., Ltd. showed that the goods were all counterfeit 。

　 Investigation on the hidden clothing factory of the counterfeit company

"Such a large number of counterfeit products exported abroad, there must be a network of counterfeiting and selling." The next day, Huangdao police set up a special headquarters for investigation. The police rushed to Weifang to investigate the export declaration of the International Trade Co., Ltd. "We learned from Weifang customs and industrial and commercial departments that the company was not registered with the local industrial and Commercial Department of Weifang, and there was no specific logo." Police told reporters that after a secret on-the-spot investigation of the company, they found that the company and a local garment factory were the same person, and confirmed that the company suspected of manufacturing counterfeit clothes was hidden in the clothing factory.

The police first investigated and grasped the whereabouts of the actual operator Li from the company's agent customs declaration company; on the other hand, with the cooperation of Weifang public security organs, the police searched the enterprises involved and seized more than 170 boxes of fake Nike clothing and 5 cases of counterfeit Nike trademarks that had been produced for sale. After the police have enough evidence, the suspect Li took compulsory measures and escorted back to youth.

　　 Seized more than 100000 sets of false trademarks

After a sudden trial overnight, the suspect Li confessed the criminal fact that Cui entrusted him to produce fake Nike clothing, and confessed that the fake Nike trademark was made by his contact with Jimo printing and packaging Co., Ltd.

"As the suspect Li did not know the specific location of Jimo printing and packaging Co., Ltd. involved in the case, and the printing factory was not registered with the industrial and commercial bureau, so it was very difficult for us to find the name of the factory." The police of the ad hoc group told the reporter that with the cooperation of Jimo police, they launched a carpet type arrangement, and finally found the printing and packaging company hidden in the suburbs. According to law, they seized more than 100000 sets of fake Nike hook shaped trademarks, the printed version of the trademark, the computer host used for the manufacturer's standard samples and other bulk material evidence, and timely controlled Xu, the legal representative of the enterprise.

"These fake trademarks are enough to confuse the real ones with the fake ones. Without the confirmation of Nike, ordinary people can't see the difference." Police told reporters that in the face of strong evidence, Xu confessed the illegal fact that he made fake Nike hook shaped trademarks of various fabrics for a Trading Co., Ltd. in Weifang.

　 The whole industry chain is broken

"All the clues point to Cui Mou, the consignor of this batch of goods, which is also behind the scenes. Cui also forged the authorization documents of Nike Company, thus forming a black industrial chain of manufacturing and selling counterfeit goods The police found that Cui lived in Laoshan District. With the cooperation of the Municipal Bureau and Laoshan sub Bureau, Cui was arrested outside his residence on January 8.

At the same time when Cui arrived at the case, through further examination of Li, the special group found out that the company producing fake Nike brand knitted hat was a hat making Co., Ltd. in Jiaozhou. On January 9, the special police arrested Jiang, the legal representative of the company, and detained more than 730 counterfeit Nike knitted caps and 1700 counterfeit Nike trademarks. After examination, Jiang has confessed to the criminal fact that more than 30000 knitted hats with counterfeit Nike trademarks worth more than 170000 yuan were produced and sold since July 2010.

So far, a Weifang Co., Ltd. has successfully solved the case of infringement of foreign intellectual property rights by customs declaration and sales of counterfeit Nike brand clothing and knitted hat in July 2010, with the involved value of more than 300000 US dollars, equivalent to more than 2 million yuan, and the products are mainly sold to East Asia. At present, the case is still under further processing.