On March 14, Hangzhou Customs published a power bank infringement case. Identified by related Intellectual Property Right holders, 1500 power banks were seized by Yiwu Customs House (affiliated to Hangzhou Customs District) at the small commodity export channel, which infringed on the trademarks of “HUAWEI” and “SONY”. And the Customs legally detained this batch of goods for formal investigation.

According to Ye Hang, an IPR Section officer of Yiwu Customs, those infringing power banks were poorly made at low cost and may short out or overheat in use.

This year, Yiwu Customs has investigated 33 suspected infringement cases, involving 155,000 pieces of articles, among which 144,000 pieces were small household appliances, cosmetics and electronic commodities, accounting for 92%. The involving trademarks include international brands such as “PHILIPS”, “Maybelline”, “SONY” as well as Chinese brands such as “HUAWEI” and “CHINT”.

  Customs officers were counting infringing power banks.

Seized power banks infringing on the trademarks of “HUAWEI” and “SONY”