59.77 million pieces detained! Customs strictly checks this type of products, please pay attention when exporting to North America, Europe and other countries
Source: admin Time: 2022-11-28
According to reports, from January to September 2022, customs across the country detained 40,000 batches of suspected infringing goods and 59.77 million pieces of suspected infringing goods; the General Administration of Customs approved 16,424 intellectual property customs protection registrations.
Guangzhou Customs seized more than 3.58 million suspected infringing goods
In accordance with the unified deployment of the General Administration of Customs, Guangzhou Customs organized and carried out a special action for intellectual property protection, "Operation Longteng 2022", from February 1 this year to the end of the year to crack down on import and export infringements and violations of laws.
As of November 21, the customs had detained 5,048 batches of suspected infringing goods, involving 3.586 million pieces of goods, and protected the legitimate rights and interests of 323 domestic and foreign companies.
Since the beginning of this year, a total of 544,000 pieces of skin care products such as shampoo, lotion, body milk, sunscreen, toothpaste, perfume, etc. suspected of infringing on multiple internationally renowned brands such as 'VICTORIA'S SECRET' have been seized at the Nansha Port.
Recently, when inspecting a batch of goods declared for export under general trade, the customs officers of Nansha Customs under Guangzhou Customs found that although the goods were declared as "plastic bottles and porcelain tableware", they actually contained about 17,000 bottles of skin care lotion marked with the "VASELINE" logo. The fonts printed on the product packaging were of different sizes and relatively rough, posing a great risk of infringement. After contacting the right holder for confirmation, the right holder confirmed that the above-mentioned goods were products that infringed its intellectual property rights.
Shenzhen Customs seized more than 12 million pieces of infringing goods in the first three quarters
According to statistics, in the first three quarters, Shenzhen Customs seized more than 6,300 batches of suspected infringing goods and articles, and detained more than 12 million pieces of infringing goods and articles of various types.
Recently, Shenzhen Customs seized 300 auto parts marked with the "TOYOTA" logo in the cross-border e-commerce export channel. Toyota Motor Corporation, the right holder, confirmed that they were suspected of infringing its trademark rights. Shenzhen Customs detained the above-mentioned goods and launched an investigation into the case, and finally determined that the parties had infringed. Customs confiscated the infringing goods and imposed a fine on the parties.
"Smart Trademark Identification" is the latest intelligent law enforcement method promoted by the customs. This application integrates an intelligent query application system on the mobile inspection single-soldier law enforcement terminal. Relying on the customs knowledge base platform and the intellectual property trademark intelligent identification model, it can realize the rapid analysis of the intellectual property status of goods through big data through "image query".
In the first three quarters, Shenzhen Customs conducted more than 1,200 smart trademark verifications, uncovered more than 250 infringement cases, and seized more than 2.6 million pieces of suspected infringing goods.
It is understood that from February 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, the General Administration of Customs organized a special action for intellectual property protection (code-named "Operation Dragon 2022") in customs across the country.
This year's "Operation Dragon" will focus on cracking down on infringing goods exported to North America, Europe, South America, Africa, and member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), strengthen customs protection of the intellectual property rights of the Olympic symbols of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, and focus on monitoring high-risk infringing goods such as food, cultural and sports supplies, clothing, shoes and hats, glasses, and toys.
What intellectual property rights
Can I apply for registration with the General Administration of Customs?
According to Article 2 of the Regulations on Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights of the People's Republic of China promulgated by the State Council, the intellectual property rights protected by my country's customs include trademark rights, copyrights and rights related to copyrights, patent rights, etc. protected by the laws and administrative regulations of the People's Republic of China.
Finally, I would like to remind you again that in order to ensure the normal shipment of goods and avoid fines and detention of goods, all foreign trade and freight forwarders must follow the regulations and provide accurate declaration elements when declaring customs. When it comes to brands, please pay attention to the following points:
Key Points
- If there is an R or TM mark, it must be reported that it is a brand.
- If there is no R or TM mark, but there are obvious letters or Chinese characters on the product or outer packaging, you can also report the brand
- If there is no R or TM mark, and no obvious letters or Chinese characters on the product or outer packaging, it will be reported as unlicensed.
- Brand search website:
http://202.127.48.148/zscq/search/jsp/vBrandSearchIndex.jsp
If you find that a brand has been registered on this website, it is a famous brand. Be sure to provide corresponding authorization when exporting goods, otherwise the goods may be detained and fined due to infringement.
In addition, it is important to note that: the factory brand must also be reported; the foreign customer brand must also be reported; as long as there is a brand on the product, outer packaging or instruction tag, it must be reported.
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