Tuesday, Mar 28, 2017

DUBAI: Over three million counterfeit products of more than 30 renowned brands were confiscated in Dubai after Dubai Economy raided four warehouses in the emirate as part of its strategic focus to protect intellectual property and the rights of trademark owners and consumers.

One of the warehouses had a stock of over one million pieces of counterfeit products, including phone accessories, ladies’ handbags, clothes, leather goods, ink, printers, cosmetics, watches and contact lenses. Around 928,000 items, including duplicate phones and accessories, were seized from the second warehouse, while the third contained over 700,000 replicas of five international perfume brands. The fourth was found to have 252,000 pieces of counterfeit perfumes, cosmetics and cleaning products.

Ibrahim Bahzad, Director of Intellectual Property Rights Protection in the Commercial Compliance & Consumer Protection, CCCP, sector in Dubai Economy, said his team took 14 days to investigate and act after receiving information on the stocked counterfeits.

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