Sentenced for Selling Counterfeit Personal Care Products in Large Quantities

File No. N080530

Title: Sentenced for Selling Counterfeit Personal Care Products in Large Quantities

Source: chinacourt.org

Date: May 29, 2008

On May 28, Jiangxi Province Nanchang City Xihu District People’s Court gave first instance ruling, sentencing the accused, XU Jin, to a three-year fixed term imprisonment and a fine in the amount of RMB 200,000 for crime of selling products bearing counterfeit registered trademarks.

The court established that since April of 2007, XU Jin sold to nine vendors in Nanchang City 1,858 boxes of counterfeit shampoo and body wash products, bearing registered trademarks, such as Head & Shoulders, Rejoice, Panteen, Oil of Olay, Safeguard, Icarlus, Lux, and Clear, the rights to which were held by P & G (China) Co., Ltd. and Unilever (China) Investment Co., Ltd.  The sales amounted to over RMB 150,000.  On December 3 of the same year, Nanchang City Qingyunpu District Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision seized and sealed XU Jin’s counterfeit personal care products with the said counterfeit trademarks that he had not sold out, which valued at over RMB 240,000.  The court gave the aforesaid verdict in accordance with the Law after trial.

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