Voronezh customs officers detained socks, marked with the characters “Disney”

In the course of customs control discovered consignment of hosiery with signs of counterfeit. The product resulted from Uzbekistan on the territory of Russia. Importer – Voronezh firm.

“In particular, the 2 394 a pair of baby socks, with labels there is an image of famous cartoon characters – Minnie mouse and Mickey mouse”, – said the chief state customs inspector of Department of the commodity nomenclature, the origin of goods and trade restrictions of the Voronezh customs Sergey Evsukov.

In the process of checking the legal copyright holder of the graphical trademark “Minnie mouse” and “Mickey mouse” said that with the firm-the importer contracts for the use of the trademark was not, permission to use the object of intellectual property is not issued.

The above goods withdrawn from circulation, the necessary materials are directed on research in ekspertno-the criminalistic service. On the given fact in respect of the criminal case concerning an administrative offense, provided for by part 1 of article 14.10 of the administrative code of Russia “Illegal use of means of individualization of goods.” The owner of party faces a fine from 50 to 200 thousand roubles with confiscation of subjects of an administrative offence. The decision of the court.

Elena Razinkova,

press Secretary of the Voronezh customs