GAC releases top 10 IPR protection cases in 2008

On April 15, General Administration of Customs (GAC) released the "2008 Top 10 IPR Protection Cases of Chinese Customs" at the national meeting on customs law.

The customs administrations in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, Qingdao, Ningbo, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Huangpu, Fuzhou, Xiamen and Gongbei won the award.

In 2008, China Customs was also selected as the most efficient IPR enforcement agencies by Quality Brands Protection Committee.

It is reported that in 2008, China's customs investigated 11,135 IPR cases in import and export channel and seized 650 million infringing goods, worthy nearly three billion yuan. The number of cases and the number of infringing goods seized were increased by 49.3% and 93.5% respectively.

In addition, Chinese customs carried out fruitful IP enforcement in cooperation with the United States, Japan, Hong Kong and other countries and regions. [Chinese version is available on Legal Daily]

(Source：IPR in China)

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