{"id":10409,"date":"2022-02-04T06:52:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T06:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/?p=10409"},"modified":"2022-04-04T07:07:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T07:07:24","slug":"trademark-counterfeiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/trademark-counterfeiting\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know About Trademark Counterfeiting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">It may be difficult to accept that the term Counterfeiting has not been defined anywhere in the Indian Trade Marks Act, 1991. It&#8217;s an act of selling, offering, or producing a product or service that has been recognised by the legally registered Trademark can be termed Counterfeiting. In simple terms, counterfeits are unauthorised products or services that are commercialised towards transgression of a Copyright, Trademark, Patent, or other IPRs. Organisations like INTERPOL and WIPO are working on an action plan to fight the increasing rate of Counterfeiting. Scroll down to check more details regarding Trademark Counterfeiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mt-3 mb-3 embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe class=\"embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ZIllaEwGRY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a5596e29b51c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a5596e29b51c\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/trademark-counterfeiting\/#What_is_Trademark_Counterfeiting\" title=\"What is\nTrademark Counterfeiting?\">What is\nTrademark Counterfeiting?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/trademark-counterfeiting\/#Counterfeiting_as_per_the_IPR_Enforcement_Rules_2007\" title=\"Counterfeiting\nas per the IPR Enforcement Rules, 2007\">Counterfeiting\nas per the IPR Enforcement Rules, 2007<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/trademark-counterfeiting\/#What_is_the_Difference_Between_Trademark_Counterfeiting_and_Trademark_Infringement\" title=\"What is the\nDifference Between Trademark Counterfeiting and Trademark Infringement? \">What is the\nDifference Between Trademark Counterfeiting and Trademark Infringement? <\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/trademark-counterfeiting\/#Remedies_Against_Trademark_Counterfeiting\" title=\"Remedies\nAgainst Trademark Counterfeiting\">Remedies\nAgainst Trademark Counterfeiting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/trademark-counterfeiting\/#Trademark_Counterfeiting_Case_between_Montblanc_Simplo_Gmbh_v_Gaurav_Bhatia_Ors_2017\" title=\"Trademark\nCounterfeiting Case between Montblanc Simplo Gmbh v. Gaurav Bhatia &amp; Ors.\n(2017)\">Trademark\nCounterfeiting Case between Montblanc Simplo Gmbh v. Gaurav Bhatia &amp; Ors.\n(2017)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/trademark-counterfeiting\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Trademark_Counterfeiting\"><\/span>What is\nTrademark Counterfeiting?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Trademark\nCounterfeiting is when a registered Trademark is placed on a product or service\nthat is not one of the legitimate products provided by the Trademark owner. It\ncan be defined as any known distribution, manufacture, or intent to distribute\nproducts bearing Counterfeit Trademarks. The product will be deemed to bear a\nCounterfeit Trademark if it contains any mark that recognises as it is coming\nfrom a source that is usually associated with the distribution of the product,\nbut it doesn&#8217;t come from that source. The implementation of Trademark\nCounterfeiting Laws is to safeguard potential customers, as is the case with\nall Trademark policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trademark\nLaw covers protection to make that have not been registered as long as they\nneed to be employed in commerce. The enforcement of Trademark Counterfeiting\nLaws is liable upon the mark have been registered with a governing law office;\nthis gives an extra incentive to Trademark owners to register their marks.\nDetermining an intent to distribute is often a vital factor to establishing a\nCounterfeiting claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Section\n102 of the Trademark<\/em><\/strong> Act, says that Faking of\nTrademark is when an individual without the assent of the Trademark owner makes\na Trademark or a deceptively identical mark. It won&#8217;t be unprepared to say that\nwe all have spotted products from the different luxurious brands such as\nBrahmin, Prada, Armani, etc., at the roadside\/in the street shops that at very\ndepict the real-life example of Trademark Counterfeiting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Counterfeiting_as_per_the_IPR_Enforcement_Rules_2007\"><\/span>Counterfeiting\nas per the IPR Enforcement Rules, 2007<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nimport of products violating IPRs is prohibited under the <strong><em>Customs Act, 1962<\/em><\/strong>, read\nwith the <strong><em>IPR (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, 2007. <\/em><\/strong>Any merchandise\nthat is reproduced, created, and placed into circulation or otherwise utilised\nin violation of holding law in India\/outside India and while not the approval\nof the proper owner or someone punctually certified to try and do so by the\nproper owner is going too covered under this rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According\nto the regulations, an IP owner, while registering their rights with customs,\nshall, by writing a notice to the Commissioner of custom\/any custom officer\ncertified, request for suspension of products&#8217; clearance suspected to be\nviolating IPR at port thereof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As\nCustoms Act regards counterfeit products essentially as prohibited goods, they\ncan suspend the clearance of products on their initiative and where it is prima\nfacie evident or reasonable grounds exist to consider that the import of\nparticular products may violate the IPR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nimport of allegedly violating products into India shall be considered as\nprohibited within the significance of Section 11 of the Customs Act, 1962 only\nafter the issuance of the registration by the Commissioner on examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_Difference_Between_Trademark_Counterfeiting_and_Trademark_Infringement\"><\/span>What is the\nDifference Between Trademark Counterfeiting and Trademark Infringement? <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Counterfeiting is always <a href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/trademark-infringement\" class=\"text-primary\"><strong>Trademark Infringement<\/strong><\/a>, but Infringement is not always Trademark Counterfeiting. They may prima facie look similar, but a small line of difference exists between them. Counterfeiting means to match something with the intent to deceive a person into believing that the product or good is similar to the Trademark validly registered concerning such products which thereby violates the right of the Trademark owner in question. Whereas, a Trademark is violated once, marks bang into each other, which is possibly going to steer to shopper confusion regarding sources, affiliation, or support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Counterfeiting\nmeans it&#8217;s a Trademark deceptive infringement that is taking a Trademark that\nis registered with the Trademark &amp; Patent work area and someone creates a\nspurious copy of that mark. If you have a registered Trademark that is\ncounterfeited, you will have possible remedies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trademark\nInfringement is wide-ranging and a more far-flung idea up against\nCounterfeiting. In the term of Counterfeiting, remedies can be subjected to IP\nregulations in India under <strong><em>Section 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957, of\nSection 135 of the Trade Marks Act<\/em><\/strong>. Further, the criminal remedy can\nalso be availed under <strong><em>Section 103 &amp; 102 of the Trade Marks Act<\/em><\/strong>\nand <strong><em>Section\n476 of the IPC (Indian Penal Code)<\/em><\/strong>, and in the event of Trade Infringement,\ncivil remedies of injunction &amp; damages can be solicited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remedies_Against_Trademark_Counterfeiting\"><\/span>Remedies\nAgainst Trademark Counterfeiting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\nis the principal regulation governing Trademarks in India. Anyone looking for countermeasures\nunder Trade Marks Act can solicit to go for either criminal or civil remedies\nagainst Trademark Infringement. Section 19 of the Trademark Act makes provision\nfor the safety of registered marks in the case violated by anyone and insulate\nthe rights of an unregistered owner or licensee also. The burden of evidencing\nthe owner&#8217;s assent in a condition of faking and wrongfully applying for\nTrademark untruthful on the accused is provided under <strong><em>Section 102<\/em><\/strong>. Moreover, <strong><em>Section\n103 &amp; 105<\/em><\/strong> act as penalty clauses, giving for false Trademarks,\nDescription of Trade, etc. and thereby subsequent convection of anyone already\nconvicted under <strong><em>Section 103 &amp; 104<\/em><\/strong> before. Meanwhile, Civil Remedy for the\nsame is designed in <strong><em>Section 135<\/em><\/strong>, which lays down relief in Infringement case or\npassing off providing for injunction orders, damages, or an account of profit,\ntogether with\/without any order for delivery of violating labels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trademark_Counterfeiting_Case_between_Montblanc_Simplo_Gmbh_v_Gaurav_Bhatia_Ors_2017\"><\/span>Trademark\nCounterfeiting Case between Montblanc Simplo Gmbh v. Gaurav Bhatia &amp; Ors.\n(2017)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s one of the famous cases in the offence fight with the counterfeit menace and innards concerning damages in <strong>Trademark Law<\/strong><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_trademark_law\" class=\"text-primary\"><strong>[1]<\/strong><\/a><\/sup>. Here the High Court of Delhi, in its judgment, has dictated a permanent injunction &amp; further passes confining orders against the sale of counterfeits which were being shown to be bona fides to the original one stating it to be in violation of Trademark Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\naddition, the Court, while dismissing the appeal for damages to the petitioner,\nalso addressed the fundamental question as to when and how much of the damages\nmust be permitted and further stated that the Court may refuse to grant damages\non lack of enough evidence of penalisation or as the case may be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Counterfeiting is a huge business, and it is an organised crime that hurts authentic companies, especially small businesses, and for bye hinder the safety and health of customers, national security, and economies. Moreover, it tries to deprive the Government of revenues &amp; consigns a burden to taxpayers. Anti-counterfeiting laws are giving policies for better surveillance preventing risk associated with counterfeiting products or goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-left\"><b>Read our Article<\/b>:<mark style=\"background: #fffd03 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/who-has-the-secondary-liability-in-trademark-infringement\/\">Who has the Secondary Liability in Trademark Infringement? \u2013 An Overview\n<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may be difficult to accept that the term Counterfeiting has not been defined anywhere in the Indian Trade Marks Act, 1991. It&#8217;s an act of selling, offering, or producing a product or service that has been recognised by the legally registered Trademark can be termed Counterfeiting. 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