The US National Law Review reports…
The People’s Court of Shanghai Pudong announced on July 28, 2020 guilty verdicts for the crime of counterfeiting registered trademarks for four defendants: Fang, Xie, Yang, and Huang. The four are the principal offenders and key defendants of a series of counterfeiting cases of Dyson hair dryers. The court sentenced the principal offender Fang to six years imprisonment and fined him RMB 5 million (~$712,200 USD) for the crime of counterfeiting registered trademarks. The Court also sentenced the principal offender Xie to five years imprisonment and fined him RMB 1.6 million ($~228,500 USD). In total, 35 defendants have been sentenced with penalties and fines ranging from eighteen months to six years and total fines of RMB 10.08 million (~$1.4 million USD).
Four Main Defendants at Sentencing.
Read full story at. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/china-s-shanghai-pudong-court-sentences-dyson-trademark-counterfeiters-to-prison
