Guangdong AIC Take Actions against Piracy

In a raid action taken in July 2005, more than 13,000 pairs of fake Nike sports shoes with a market value of 5.5 million yuan (US$679,000) were seized in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.

After two month investigation, the Guangdong Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce (Guangdong AIC) discovered and destroyed an underground warehouse full of fake Nike sports shoes hidden in a residential area.

Early in June, the administration received a complaint lodged by a Nike's trademark attorney in China complaining circulation of fake Nike sports shoes in Guangzhou market in large quantity.

Those operating the counterfeiting production fled and the case will probably be transferred to the police authority for criminal investigation.

Also in July, the administration seized some 1,700 boxes of fake "Shiseido" cosmetics valued at 40 million yuan (US$4.9 million) in a raid on an unauthorized factory in the city. The factory counterfeited almost the full range of "Shiseido" products.

In 2004, the administration seized more than 6,000 pairs of fake Nike sports shoes and sportswear of other brand names, such as "Adidas".