Ningbo Customs Seizes Infringing Game Cards

TapTechNews June 18th, according to the news of Customs Release, a company recently declared to export a batch of goods through market procurement. When the customs officers of Meishan Customs under Ningbo Customs inspected it, they found that there were unreported game cards, and the outer packaging and goods were printed with the trademark POKEMON.

The number of these infringing game cards counted totally 200,000 pieces. After contacting the rights holder for confirmation, all these game cards were infringing goods.

In addition, on June 14th of this year, when the customs officers of Liantang Customs were supervising inbound passengers, they found that a passenger looked nervous and behaved abnormally, and then intercepted and inspected him. Through further inspection, 350 Nintendo brand game cards were found hidden in his underwear, and the initial estimated value was 70,000 yuan.

According to the introduction, since January 2024, Ningbo Customs has cumulatively seized a total of 12.7 million infringing game cards.

TapTechNews learned from the customs that, in accordance with relevant regulations, if it is illegal to import or export goods that infringe the intellectual property rights protected by the laws and administrative regulations of the People's Republic of China, the customs shall confiscate the infringing goods and impose a fine; if it constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with the law.

To avoid customs supervision by hiding, disguising, withholding information, making false reports, or in other ways, or to transport, carry, or mail goods and items that are prohibited or restricted from entering or leaving the country by the state or goods and items for which taxes should be paid according to law is smuggling behavior.