It is the tradition of European and American countries to attach importance to intellectual property rights, but this is the most easily overlooked by Chinese sellers. Infringements are constantly emerging, and sellers have paid a heavy price for them.
Hugo.com was informed that Hong Kong DHL issued a notice that the US Customs has recently investigated the intellectual property rights of customs clearance goods and severely cracked down on imitation, under-reporting and false-reporting. At that time, Hong Kong DHL will also open the inspection 100%.
US Customs strictly guards against intellectual property infringing goods, and sellers are not taking risks
Recently, some sellers disclosed to Hugo.com, and the logistics service provider notified that the US Trade Representative Office (USTR) issued the "2018 Special 301 Report" on the protection of foreign intellectual property rights. According to the US General Office, the US Customs for 2017-2018 A total of thousands of shipments involving intellectual property issues were seized. The shipments were mainly issued by the freight forwarder, and the freight forwarding company involved was listed in the key watch list by the US government. If the seller has imitation cards, false declarations, underreports If the goods are not cleared, the shipment will not be cleared and a high fine will be imposed. At the same time, the sender of the shipment will be blacklisted by the customs. At that time, 100% of the goods will be unpacked and the seller will not be lucky enough to rush the goods, especially Export shipments to the United States.
Hugo.com has learned that many sellers have been involved in infringement and have been detained by the customs. A seller selling Bluetooth headsets told Hugo. 'I am still deducting a ticket from the United States, no LOGO, the appearance is not 100% infringement. It will also be deducted. Another seller said that the memory card sold to South America was deducted after CICINATI transfer, and finally spent $1000 to get the lawyer back. In addition, some sellers revealed to Hugo. All freight forwarders have begun to reject fake headphones.
In this regard, some insiders pointed out that intellectual property is a very important part of the corporate development strategy, especially in the current national policy, e-commerce environment. On the other hand, for SMEs or sellers, either according to platform rules, processes Go, either register your own patent, avoid risk, and take the risk to hit the stone.
It is imperative to raise the awareness of intellectual property rights, and it is a long-term and arduous solution to the root causes.
Along with the booming cross-border e-commerce industry, more and more platforms, enterprises go to the international market through a series of channels. In this process of internationalization, the protection of intellectual property is even more important, especially for knowledge. The European and American markets with strict property rights requirements, but Chinese sellers are still weak in their intellectual property protection, and are prone to infringement. They face huge fines and 'do not earn enough.'
It is reported that the US Trade Representative Office (USTR) has identified 36 countries with special attention to watch lists and key watch lists in the "2018 Special 301 Report" on foreign intellectual property protection, including Algeria, Argentina, Canada, Chile, China. Twelve countries, including Colombia, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Russia, Ukraine and Venezuela, were placed on the priority watch list, and China has been listed on the priority watch list for the 14th consecutive year and will continue to be subject to Article 306. monitor.
It is understood that the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the China Customs Administration (GACC) also conducted a two-month joint operation in April and August 2017. In these actions, both CBP and GACC focused on Goods that infringe intellectual property rights are prevented from entering US business, CBP is seized at the US border, and the GACC prohibits the export of counterfeit products to the United States. The two joint operations have seized approximately 3,500 votes involving intellectual property. But intellectual property issues have accumulated for a long time. To solve the problem completely and have a long way to go.