China News Network, Guangzhou, April 27 (Tang Guijiang, Chen Linlin, Fan Fan) The reporter learned from the Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs on the 27th that last year, Guangdong Customs actually detained 24 million pieces of import and export infringing goods, accounting for 50% of the national customs. The types of goods are mainly bags, shoes, clothing and electronic equipment; the types of infringement of rights are mainly trademarks and patents.
The customs in Guangdong Province successfully prevented the circulation of infringing goods between China and 104 countries or regions, protected the intellectual property rights of 359 rights holders, and actively cultivated new advantages in foreign trade competition.
Shekou Customs, a subsidiary of Shenzhen Customs, seized 29,500 infringing speakers. Photo by Wang Yafen
According to the deployment of the General Administration of Customs, starting from February this year, the customs organization in Guangdong Province carried out a special action on intellectual property protection to coordinate the promotion of epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production and production. The infringement has nothing to hide. Among them, Shenzhen Customs recently conducted inspections and found that 29,500 unlicensed speakers were loaded in the two export containers, while other places in the container hid the same amount of infringing signs as the speakers. The shape and size of the hidden signs were exactly the same as the batch The brand speakers match the mosaic. Under the meticulous inspection by the Customs, the "separation of goods" such as "cover ears stealing bell" infringement method was exposed.
Infringing goods seized by Huangpu Customs through cross-border e-commerce channels. Photo by Zhang Hailong
According to Liu Hong, deputy director of the Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs, in 2019, Guangdong Customs increased its efforts to crack down on import and export infringements, and carried out special enforcement actions against cross-border e-commerce channels and Internet infringements. The illegal momentum has been further curbed. For example, the Huangpu Customs, which is the country ’s leading import and export business for cross-border e-commerce supervision, provides fast and convenient customs clearance while maintaining the detection of infringements. The July 2018 seizure of 1.8 million infringing integrated circuits on cross-border e-commerce channels , Efficiently cracked down on infringements such as "turning into zeros" and "ant moving".
The reporter also learned that the Guangdong Branch has organized the Guangdong Customs' Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Customs of the Mainland to continuously enrich and expand cooperation with Hong Kong and Macau Customs for law enforcement and information sharing to enhance the effectiveness of cross-border joint law enforcement. In 2019, the customs of the three places jointly carried out three joint enforcement actions to protect intellectual property rights, strengthened positive supervision on key commodities and key channels, seized a total of 153,000 suspected infringing goods, and strengthened the crackdown on the source of supply and transit channels. Joint efforts to protect intellectual property rights in the Bay Area. Among them, Gongbei Customs seized IPR infringement cases at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge port for the first time in a joint law enforcement operation, intercepted some illegal enterprises to take advantage of the “fast-track” export of infringing goods developed by the bridge, and allowed residents of the three places to share the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Intellectual property protection achievements.
The National Customs Intellectual Property Protection Special Action "Dragon Action 2020" was launched on February 15. As of press time, more than 1.38 million infringing goods have actually been detained by Guangdong Customs this year. Liu Hong introduced that this action adheres to the basic principles of promoting integration, high efficiency and convenience, and comprehensive governance. It aims to effectively curb the high incidence of import and export infringement through increased law enforcement, stimulate the vitality of enterprise innovation, and serve enterprises to carry out innovation. Customs strives to form a co-governance work pattern for the protection of intellectual property rights with the participation of the government, enterprises, social organizations and the public by enhancing the effectiveness of law enforcement, reducing the cost of safeguarding the rights of enterprises, and improving the protection and service system of intellectual property rights.
The Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs reminded that customs protection of intellectual property rights constitutes a powerful deterrent to combating foreign trade import and export infringement, and has become an important part of China's intellectual property protection system. In order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises, it is recommended that enterprises actively handle the filing of intellectual property rights with the General Administration of Customs and let the customs escort the intellectual property rights of enterprises. (Finish)