Liaoning: Dalian combated counterfeit commodities worth over 70 million yuan

2011/04/06

Dalian public security organs launched a one-year crackdown upon intellectual property (IP) violations and manufacture and sales of counterfeit and shoddy commodities and uncovered a batch of serious IP infringing cases.

By March 30, the economic investigation departments in the city have filed and investigated 45 IP infringing cases involving more than 71.95 million yuan and 67 lawbreakers, arrested and sued 8 suspects, seized 3 escaped criminals, disrupted 21 criminal gangs, destroyed 2 sites where counterfeit products were produced, closed 6 illegal online stores, confiscated 42,750 spurious articles varying from cigarettes, liquor, beverages, milk powder, apparel, watches, drugs to building materials, fertilizers, washing liquid and car accessories.

(Source:IPR in China)