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Intellectual Property Rights

De Minimis Shipment worth over $11 million stopped by Louisville CBP

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LOUISVILLE, Ky— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Louisville seized a de minimis shipment containing 35 counterfeit designer watches. The items were deemed to be inauthentic by CBP’s Centers of Excellence and Expertise , the agency’s trade experts, and if genuine, would have had a combined Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) over $11.7 million. The shipment arrived from Hong Kong and contained 35 watches bearing the protected trademark of Richard Mille. The watches were destined for a residence in Puerto Rico, and had a MSRP of $11.72 million, had they

Super Team of Teams

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Astrid Gilbert’s job was defense on Super Bowl Sunday. But she wasn’t part of the San Francisco 49ers or the Kansas City Chiefs at the game played in Las Vegas; she was a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations pilot. “I manned the aircraft that was in charge of aerial surveillance and reconnaissance,” said Gilbert, who normally flies out of Yuma, Arizona. She, along with a camera operator in the seat next to her, provided a video downlink to CBP forces and other federal, state and local law enforcement on the ground to keep an eye out for crowd control, traffic incidents

CBP seizes counterfeit phone accessories in International Falls

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INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations officers at the International Falls Port of Entry recently targeted rail containers destined to arrive in Minnesota. CBP officers inspected the rail containers and discovered phone accessories bearing counterfeit Chanel “No. 5” marks. CBP seized 1,363 counterfeit phone cases and 2,956 counterfeit home chargers with an estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price of more than $2,645,000 if the goods had been genuine. “CBP is focused on identifying and intercepting counterfeit merchandise and

Three Shipments Yield Fake Luxury Merchandise and Jewelry with an MSRP of over $1.2 Million

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in the San Juan Field Office intercepted and seized three shipments containing counterfeit luxury brand merchandise, including jewelry and sunglasses, with a combined Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of over $1.2 million, had the merchandise been genuine. This first week of February, inside a shipment sent from China, described as “Transparent Jewelry Box,” CBP Officers found 165 jewelry items of the Van Cleef luxury brand. Within another shipment sent from Hong Kong, Officers discovered seven boxes that contained

Listen Up, CBP Seizes Counterfeit Earbuds

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LEWISTON, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Buffalo port of entry, Lewiston warehouse, seized wireless earphones for bearing counterfeit trademarks. CBP officers inspected a shipment that contained 119 pairs of wireless earbuds. After a thorough examination of the merchandise, the earbuds were determined to be counterfeit based on their violation of protected configuration trademarks, and the merchandise was seized on February 1. Had the items been authentic, the total Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) value would be approximately $15,350. “This is

1 Night, 2 Packages, $9.58 million

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LOUISVILLE, Ky— Monday night, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Louisville seized two shipments containing at total of 3,301 pieces of counterfeit designer rings, bracelets, necklaces, and earrings. The items were deemed to be inauthentic by CBP’s Centers of Excellence and Expertise , the agency’s trade experts, and if genuine, would have had a combined Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) over $9.58 million. The first shipment arrived from Hong Kong and contained jewelry bearing the trademarks of famous luxury brands, which included: 92 bracelets

CBP Seizes $700K Worth of Counterfeit Luxury Jewelry in One Consignment Sent to Puerto Rico

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers and Import Specialists seized 116 pieces of counterfeit luxury jewelry contained in a single consignment originating from China for infringing intellectual property rights. If the items were genuine, the combined Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of the shipment would be $701,600.  “What an importer thought would be Christmas presents could represent a health risk because of the subpar quality of fake jewels,” stated Efrain Rivas, Assistant Director of Field Operations for Trade at the San Juan Field Office. In the

Cincinnati CBP Seizes $6.9 Million in Counterfeit High-end Jewelry

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CINCINNATI—From December 1-7, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati were vigilant intercepting 11 shipments containing counterfeit jewelry ahead of the holidays. If the 11 shipments of jewelry--which came from India, Hong Kong, and Indonesia--has all been genuine, the merchandise would have been worth over $6.96 million. On December 1, officers seized a shipment containing 783 pieces of counterfeit jewelry. The package originated in Hong Kong and contained bracelets, earrings, and necklaces displaying the logos of Fendi, Versace, Cartier, Christian Dior, and Tiffany &

Los funcionarios de Laredo CBP y HSI aconsejan a los compradores de regalos navideños que eviten productos falsificados y de origen dudoso que representan riesgos para la seguridad del consumidor y la seguridad económica de EE. UU.

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LAREDO, Texas – Funcionarios de Investigaciones de Seguridad Nacional y Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de EE. UU. se reunieron en el Puente del Comercio Mundial de Laredo para un evento ilustrativo para aconsejar al público a través de los medios locales en esta temporada navideña que evite comprar productos que puedan ser falsificados o de origen dudoso que puedan representar un riesgo para el consumidor. riesgos de seguridad o socavar a los titulares legítimos de marcas. "A medida que la compra de regalos comienza a aumentar en esta temporada navideña, nos gustaría aconsejar al público que

Laredo CBP, HSI officials advise Christmas gift shoppers to avoid counterfeit, dubious origin goods that pose consumer safety, U.S. economic security risks

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LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations officials gathered at Laredo’s World Trade Bridge for an illustrative event to advise the public through local media this holiday season to avoid buying goods that may be counterfeit or of dubious origin that may pose consumer safety risks or undercut legitimate trademark holders. “As gift buying starts to ramp up this holiday season, we would like to advise the public to avoid buying counterfeit goods or goods of unknown or dubious origin either online, from brick and mortar stores, flea markets or