The reporter known from Kunming Customs on January 12 that in 2020, Kunming Customs seized 445 batches and 125,000 pieces of goods that infringed on intellectual property rights, a year-on-year increase of 41.71% and 149.34% respectively.
Since 2020, Kunming Customs has continuously strengthened its supervision, and has continued to fight against illegal acts of infringement of intellectual property rights in the entry and exit. It has organized and carried out the special operation of "Dragon Action 2020" for intellectual property rights protection, and the Action for intellectual property protection of posting and delivery channels. Kunming Customs also combat against infringement of export transshipment goods, focusing on high-risk commodities such as clothing and electronic products, has increased the investigation of border residents' mutual markets, cross-border e-commerce, and key airlines, as well as the infringement behavior that “break the infringed goods into pieces” when entry and exit the border.
Recently, Kunming Changshui Airport Customs, affiliated to Kunming Customs, seized a batch of infringing goods in export goods channels, totaling more than 17,000 pieces, involving glasses, sports shoes, backpacks and other categories, infringing on the intellectual property rights of twenty brands.
Kunming Customs also established a training model for key intellectual property rights protection enterprises, formulated independent IPR assistance mechanisms, and strengthened the IPR protection of domestic independent brands. Kunming Yunnei Power Co., Ltd. ("Yunnei Power" for short) is China's largest multi-cylinder small-bore diesel engine manufacturer. In 2005, it developed the first domestic passenger car diesel engine with independent intellectual property rights. The products own good quality and brand image in China.
In recent years, with the improvement of product reputation and increase in export volume year by year, the company’s "Yunnei" brand trademark has been infringed on the market, and the overseas sales of goods with its own trademark have been affected. In January 2019, with Kunming Customs’ assistance, the company completed the filing of intellectual property rights with the General Administration of Customs. The export products of the "Yunnei" brand were protected by Intellectual Property Customs. Since 2019, Kunming Customs has seized more than 1,000 engine parts that infringed on the "Yunnei" brand in the export channels of freight and border inter-city exchanges.
Kunming Customs' crackdown on infringements and illegal activities has maintained a fair and orderly import and export trade environment, and has become a "weapon" to boost product export growth and enhance the competitiveness of independent brands in foreign markets. In 2020, the Yunnei Power’s total value of complete machine parts export to Myanmar reached 15 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 45%.
