Xi'An Customs Seized 311 Pairs Of Basketball Shoes Suspected Of Infringing Nike Trademark Exclusive Rights

The reporter learned from the Xi'an customs department that recently, the customs office of the Xi'an post office seized 311 pairs of basketball sports shoes in the postal export channel and was suspected to infringe the exclusive rights of Nike Innovation Limited Partnership "Nike" and "flying Jordan". It is reported that since this year, Xi'an customs has seized 534 pieces of suspected infringing goods, with a value of over 1 yuan.

Zhang Wenyan, Deputy Commissioner of customs and Excise Department of Xi'an post office, told reporters that the sneakers were seized in late August of this year, because the shoes belonged to the key inspection items. The sender of the goods was just the same person in Xianyang. At the same time, the packaging was very exquisite and equipped with anti damage liner. After customs officers opened the inspection, they were contacted with the sender and the supplier respectively. "The sender did not appear and did not cooperate with the customs inspection. After 3 months of supervision, we announced that the sports shoes were suspected of infringement from the supplier."

Reporters at the scene saw that the shoes of the sports shoes seized by customs officers were labeled with "flying Jordan" or "Nike" brand. The outside of the shoes was packed with air filled bladder, and the internal line was irregular and rough.

According to Dai Suxia, director general of Xi'an customs comprehensive business department, since the beginning of this year, the Xi'an customs has intensified the Customs Protection of intellectual property rights in the customs area according to the unified arrangement of the General Administration of customs, and launched the special action of "dragon 2019". "Up to now, 534 pieces of infringing articles have been found, and we will destroy these infringing articles in batches from tomorrow."

"Next, the Xi'an customs will continue to increase the protection of intellectual property rights, and strive to further promote the utilization, protection, management and service of intellectual property to a new level, providing a good business environment and a strong rule of law guarantee for the high quality development of Shaanxi's open economy." Dai Suxia said.

It is understood that in recent years, the Xi'an customs strengthened the protection of intellectual property rights of import and export enterprises, carried out "Qingfeng", "Longteng" Customs Intellectual Property Rights special enforcement actions, and "Sino Russian" intellectual property international joint enforcement actions, and actively applied risk management methods to carry out risk information collection and analysis. They paid close attention to the risk points of infringement of goods, such as drift of ports and infringement of market purchasing trade mode. Combined with the characteristics of regional location and customs business, we summarized and sorted out business data such as customs data and law of tort cases, and decided to focus on specific actions, deepen law enforcement cooperation, and enhance the level of prevention and control of infringement risks.