P65M worth of fake goods destroyed, part of largest haul in 2018
Credit to Author: ROY NARRA| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 04:06:17 +0000
COUNTERFEIT goods like designer bags, shoes, and DVDs worth more than P65 million was destroyed and steamrolled in Camp Crame on Friday.
The National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR) destroyed:
P 16,100,000.00 – Louis Vitton Wallets
P 15,820,000.00 – Louis Vitton Bags
P 10,120,000.00 – Shoes (Adidas,Nike,Under Armor and Vans)
P 10,000,000. 00 – Oppo Phones & Back Cases
P 7,280,000.00 – Louis Vitton cellphone cases
P 2,420,000.00 – Louis Vitton Notepad cases
P 1,800,000.00 – Rolex Watches
P 1,000,000.00 – Lacoste shirts
P 370,000.00 – Cigarettes
P 280,000.00 – Louis Vitton Belts
P 150,000.00 – Louis Vitton Money Clips
P 58,500.00 – DVD
P 50,000.00 – Irwin Tools brand cutting blades
These products were seized in various operations by the NCIPR in 2018.
NCIPR also said that this was just a portion of the total seized items last year, which was worth P23.6 billion, a 188 percent increase compared to P8.2 billion worth of seized counterfeit goods in 2017.
This is also the largest haul of since the NCIPR was formed in 2008.
Of the P23.6 billion worth of counterfeit items seized in 2018,
86 percent were cigarettes (P20.2 billion) and alcohol (P3 million), followed by pharmaceutical and personal care products (P1.2 billion).
The NCIPR also confiscated P821 million worth of fake handbags and wallets and P790 million worth of optical media in 2018
NCIPR operations led to 66 individuals arrested, 15 cases filed in court, and 122 criminal complaints filed by the National Bureau of Investigation before the Prosecutor’s office.
Josephine Santiago, Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines director general, vowed in her speech that more effort would be put into educating people about the importance of intellectual property.
“Educating the intellectual property owners that they must proactively report and guard their intellectual property. Intellectual property, as is a private right – so for us to enforce it, the intellectual property owners must first imbibe the importance of intellectual property reporting and monitoring it,” she said.
“The enforcement of intellectual property at this day and age has grown complex, and technology admittedly had a hand in this. But defeat is not an option, not against counterfeiting and piracy,” Santiago said.
The ceremonial destruction was also done as part of the Intellectual Property Rights Month.
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