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Fuzhou customs seized intellectual property rights infringing 2022 Qatar World Cup

Zhongxin.com Fuzhou, December 6 (Hong Wei, Liang Yu) 2022 the World Cup in Qatar is in hot progress, and the World Cup theme products have become a consumption hotspot. Recently, when the customs officer of Rongcheng customs office in the post office of Fuzhou Customs inspected a cross-border e-commerce export package, he found a large number of balloons printed with the “FIFA WORLD CUP Qatar2022” logo, bracelets and flags, a total of 812 pieces.

Due to the rough pattern printing of the seized articles, there is obvious color difference. The on-site customs officer preliminarily determined that the goods were suspected of infringement and confirmed by the obligee, they were all infringing products.

In the same period, the Mawei customs of Fuzhou customs also seized two undeclared commodities around Qatar World Cup in the export parcels sent to overseas cross-border e-commerce. When the parcel was inspected by the Customs, the inspectors found two undeclared goods. After further inspection and confirmation, they were suspected of infringing the exclusive rights of the “Qatar2022 and map” trademark and the copyright of the FIFA World Cup prize.

Fuzhou Customs said that since this year, the Customs has carried out the “blue mesh action 2022” special action for customs protection of intellectual property rights, continuously deepening the risk prevention and control of delivery channels, and severely cracking down on infringement. Focus on major hot events such as the Winter Olympics and the World Cup, make full use of intelligent supervision methods such as “intelligent Picture review” and “same screen comparison”, strengthen the supervision of high-risk items, and closely cooperate with intellectual property rights holders, postal enterprises, cross-border e-commerce enterprises contact and cooperate to form a joint force for intellectual property protection and create a market environment that protects innovation and creates fair competition. The customs department will deal with illegal acts that violate the regulations of the People’s Republic of China on customs protection of intellectual property rights according to law.

At the same time, Fuzhou Customs warned that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was going on, and the customs found that the import and export goods involved in the intellectual property rights related to the World Cup filed by the General Administration of Customs, if the importer or exporter or manufacturer has not obtained the authorization of the right holder, it may require the consignee to within time limit the intellectual property status of the declare goods and submit relevant supporting documents, if it is unable to submit relevant supporting documents or the customs has reason to believe that the goods are suspected of infringing the intellectual property rights filed in the General Administration of Customs, the customs will suspend the release of the goods and contact the obligee in writing to confirm the rights. (Finished)

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