Let’s Find Information on fake products in India

Fake products have become an everyday phenomenon. One of the most disturbing problems for every brand owner and original manufacturer is the awareness that its product/brand has been infringed by a third party. Such products, which are a counterfeit of the original greatly mar the growth and repute of the original brand and/or product. These counterfeit products and deceptively similar and/or identical brands are spread out in all areas of business and consumer products and is not limited to any one field. In the last 20 years, the spread of counterfeits have literally gone ahead and touched every single industry. Worst is the situation where famous brands, the distinctiveness of which travels beyond its original product for which it is being used by its owner, is used by infringers in relation to a completely different line of products. For eg. take a brand like Rolls Royce being used in relation to electrical goods.

In every case of counterfeiting, it is necessary for the owners, investigators or even members of the public – who, of course, have a social responsibility to curb this disease, to identify these infringing products and bring it to the notice of their respective owners. Providing information on fake products by persons who are unconnected to the product and/or brand is equally important as the owner themselves.

The process of identifying a fake product is an art in itself. While most counterfeit products can be identified for it being simply identical or deceptively similar, there are other products and brands and designs which might not be able to be identified by the common eye. In order to fight counterfeiting in India, a keen sense of knowledge of brands and original products is required to be cultivated. Thereafter, when a person comes across a product which could be a potentially infringing product/brand, the second step of raising a complaint comes.

Complaining about an infringing product is not merely the act of complaining. It is not the case that once you come across an infringing product, you can simply go to the Police authorities and file a complaint. No! It is not limited to that. The first step would be to ensure that the probable counterfeit product and/or brand is actually causing infringement. The second step is to bring the existence of such counterfeit to the owner of the brand and/or the manufacturer of the product.

Subsequent to bringing it to the notice of the owner and/or manufacturer, it is required to engage a piracy investigation service provider in order to collate all possible details about the infringing product, its manufacturer and all other relevant details. After such collation, it is required to address a Cease and Desist notice to the infringer calling upon him to stop his act of infringement and submit all infringing products, statement of accounts in relation to such products. Usually, the infringer would not cooperate and then comes the next step of initiating a legal action before the Court of Law.

However, in order to ensure that, the necessity of a privacy investigation service provider is paramount in order to collate relevant information before waging the war on fake products.

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