China News Service, Shanghai, November 16 (Reporter Li Shuzheng) The reporter learned from the Shanghai police on the 16th that recently, the police detected a "Lego" toy infringement case involving about 1.7 billion yuan (RMB, the same below).
In August 2022, the Economic Investigation Corps of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Huangpu Branch of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau found clues through data research and judgment that the toy products sold by an online store were highly similar to "Lego" toys, and there was a suspicion of infringement.
Starting from the online store, the police dug up a complete criminal industry chain involving design, processing, transportation, storage, sales, etc., which infringed the copyright of the "Lego" toy brand.
The police found that a criminal gang headed by Chen had registered the toy brand by itself without authorization, and after stripping, copying and opening the mold of the "Lego" building block assembly toy, it was reproduced 1:1. Design blueprints, then mass-produce imitation infringing toys, and then sell them at 20% to 30% of the market price of "Lego" toys for illegal profits.
In this case, the police arrested 30 criminal suspects, destroyed 8 criminal dens, and seized more than 600 infringing toys totaling more than 1.2 million pieces and more than 200 criminal molds, involving an amount of about 1.7 billion yuan.
"The police's determination and efforts to defend the legitimate rights and interests of the company made us feel at ease and strengthened our confidence in investing in China and taking root in Shanghai." On the eve of the fifth China International Import Expo, Lego Toys (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. The company made a special trip to send a pennant to the Shanghai police to express its gratitude.
According to the Shanghai police, since the beginning of this year, Shanghai’s public security and economic investigation departments have protected the legitimate rights and interests of more than 120 well-known brands at home and abroad, covering clothing, bags, daily chemical products, drinks, epidemic prevention materials, as well as literary works, audio-visual products, animations, etc. More than 20 fields such as image and application software; cracked more than 60 cases involving commercial bribery and damage to business reputation and product reputation involving the advertising industry and medical device industry.
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