CBP Joint Operation With Hong Kong Customs Stops $1.1 Million Worth of Counterfeit Electronics
CBP and Hong Kong Customs recently seized 140 shipments of counterfeit consumer electronics as part of a joint operation between the customs administrations, CBP said in a Jan. 3 news release (here). The goods, which included cellphones, adaptors, speakers and…
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headsets, would be worth $1.1 million if authentic, CBP said. CBP's mobile intellectual property enforcement team led the joint operation in November. “This is the third bilateral or multilateral joint operation CBP has conducted with Hong Kong Customs this year,” said Michael Walsh, CBP IPR and E-Commerce Division director. “We look to build upon our cooperation on IPR enforcement in 2017 and identify new opportunities to address areas of common concern involving the rise of e-commerce and its effect on small businesses.”