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A few days ago, the General Administration of Customs issued an announcement that customs across the country will carry out special law enforcement actions such as "Longteng Action 2022" and "Blue Net Action 2022", to crack down on import and export infringement and illegal acts, and help the high-quality development of international trade. From January to June, a total of 22,500 batches of suspected infringing goods were seized, and 45.27 million suspected infringing goods were detained.

Ningbo Customs seized the first batch of World Cup infringing goods

Recently, Beilun Customs, a subsidiary of Ningbo Customs, seized 6,880 footballs and keychains for the first time that violated the intellectual property rights of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

This batch of goods was declared as ordinary iron keychains, folding umbrellas, etc. When inspected by customs officers, they found that the packaging was messy and there were many product names. Among them, the undeclared footballs and some keychains were confirmed by contacting the International Football Federation. product. After the inventory, there were 4,000 infringing footballs and 2,880 infringing keychains.

Beilun Customs reminds the majority of enterprises that FIFA has registered many intellectual property rights related to the Qatar World Cup with the General Administration of Customs of China. In the process of import and export of enterprises, if the goods involve relevant intellectual property rights, they should obtain authorization from the right holder, the International Football Federation.

Huzhou Customs seized 1,190 infringing footballs

Recently, Huzhou Customs officers inspected a shipment of declared export goods and found that there were undeclared goods printed with "CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB and graphics" (Chelsea), "MANCHESTER UNITED and graphics" (Manchester United), "REALMADRID". and graphics” (Real Madrid) and other club icons. Confirmed by the trademark owner, these footballs are infringing products.

Alashankou Customs seizes a batch of infringing game controllers

Recently, Alashankou Customs seized a batch of goods suspected of infringing intellectual property rights during on-site inspection of a batch of goods exported from the Alashankou Highway Port in accordance with the inspection instructions of the Risk Prevention and Control Branch.

After an inventory, a total of 53 boxes of 2,650 gamepads suspected of infringing the "SONY" brand were seized.

In recent years, the "Longteng Action" for customs protection of intellectual property rights has strengthened the supervision of infringing goods exported to North America, Europe, South America, Africa, and RCEP member countries, focusing on cracking down on infringing trade exported to countries and regions along the "Belt and Road" through China-Europe freight trains , strengthen the supervision of market procurement of export infringing goods;

Combining factors such as port characteristics, commodity structure, and domestic sources of goods, implement key crackdowns on products such as bags, shoes, vehicle accessories, and toy strollers.

This year, the national customs will show their swords early and crack down on infringement, with a longer span and greater intensity! For example, Shenzhen Customs will launch an 11-month special campaign from February 1 to the end of this year.

In fact, as early as September 2020, the latest judicial interpretation was released stating that intellectual property infringement can be punished, which is a basic requirement for respecting and protecting intellectual property rights and maintaining a fair and competitive market order.

The judicial interpretation stated that for crimes of infringement of intellectual property rights, a fine shall be imposed in accordance with the law by comprehensively considering the amount of illegal gains from the crime, the amount of illegal business operations, the amount of losses caused to the right holder, the number of infringing and counterfeit goods, and the social harm.

Finally, I would like to remind you again that in order to ensure the normal shipment of international trade goods and avoid fines and deductions, please foreign trade and freight forwarders must operate in accordance with the specifications, and provide accurate declaration elements during customs declaration.