Police confiscate fake delux Louis Vuitton items
Police confiscate fake delux Louis Vuitton items
JAKARTA (JP): City police have confiscated over 250 items
illegally bearing the logo of French luxury travel goods
manufacturer Louis Vuitton, a lawyer of Dermawan & Co Law firm
said.
P.D.D. Dermawan said on Thursday counterfeit handbags, travel
bags, luggage and wallets were seized at shopping centers in
Mangga Dua, Pasar Pagi, Melawai Plaza, Pasar Baru and Jatinegara
during raids launched between June 18 and 25.
"Some of the outlets managed to confuse consumers into
believing that the counterfeits were genuine Louis Vuitton
products by pricing the fake products a little bit less than the
price of genuine items," Dermawan said in a statement.
He said that the raids, conducted by 25 police officers, were
mainly intended to help protect Louis Vuitton's brand name and
local customers.
The drive is in line with the company's determination to
aggressively stop counterfeiting activities worldwide, he said.
"With high demand from locals as well as tourists, Indonesia
has regrettably become a very active market for counterfeit Louis
Vuitton products," Dermawan said.
"Poor and medium quality counterfeit items can be found at
small shops, markets and hawker stalls, while expensive
counterfeit products are available at quality shopping centers in
big cities," he said.
He said that poor quality products were believed to be
manufactured locally and the expensive ones were imported from
abroad, most reportedly coming from South Korea.
Dermawan also said that police were questioning
counterfeiters. Their dossiers were expected to be handed over to
the Prosecutor's Office soon for prosecution, he said.
"Louis Vuitton is very committed to stopping all
counterfeiting activities in Indonesia. There are plans to pursue
tougher measures and organize more frequent raids as well," he
said.
Under Indonesia's trademark laws, any person found guilty of
counterfeiting faces a maximum penalty of seven years in jail and
a Rp 100 million ($40,816) fine. (hhr)