Authorization for the importation of “products with removed trademarks”

Committee:
Intellectual Property Rights
status:
No progress
Published:
There have been cases in the past where customs authorities allowed the importation of counterfeit products when the trademark has been removed.

Recommendations

  • Referring to the report of the special panel on the case against China (DS362), as indicated in Article 46 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), except in exceptional cases, we hope that the customs authorities share awareness so that they do not allow the counterfeit products to enter the distribution channel mere removal of unlawfully attached trademarks.