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Fake Canon Goods Worth Rs 10 Lakh Seized in Mumbai
Mumbai, Nov 2005
In
a late-night raid recently on a manufacturing unit at MRA Marg, Mumbai
police seized more than 300 pieces of duplicate Canon cartridges and
toners worth about Rs 10 lakh. The seized cartridges were manufactured
using fake packing materials, holograms and price stickers.
The police arrested the owner of the unit and registered a case under sections 51 and 63 of the Copyright Act.
The
raid was led by EIPR (Enforcers of Intellectual Property Rights), an
ISO-certified company founded by a former top police official and
Zaheer Khan. R. B. Chavan (GM-operations, West Region) and B. G.
Gaikwad represented EIPR on behalf of Canon Inc.
Confirming the
raid, Mahesh Bhimrao Bansode, investigating officer, EIPR, said, “Our
investigations revealed the prevalence of such activity that is
detrimental to the business interest of our client, Canon Inc. We
registered an FIR with MRA Marg police station and a team led by
sub-inspector Kamble conducted the raid on the unit. The team
confiscated a huge quantity of Canon cartridges and toners worth more
than Rs 5 lakh.”
Citing this as a clear case of violation of section
51/63 of the Copyright Act 1957, Bansode said, “The unit in question
has been using packing material which has a different printing and
color combination, fake hologram and price stickers to mislead people.
As we had information on the activities of this firm, we had kept a
watch on its movements for some time before approaching the police and
lodging an FIR.”
According to EIPR, every year business worth crores
is conducted on just spurious goods. To curb this trend, it has asked
people to be vigilant and alert and inform the concerned authorities.
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