More than three million counterfeit products from 30 renowned brands were confiscated in Dubai. Dubai Economic Department (DED) raided four warehouses in a week as part of its strategy to protect intellectual property and trademark owners' rights. The counterfeit products include phone accessories, handbags, clothes, leather goods, printer cartridges, watches, contact lenses cosmetics, duplicate phones, international perfume brands and cleaning products.
Ibrahim Bahzad, Director of Intellectual Property Rights Protection in the Commercial Compliance & Consumer Protection (CCCP) secion under the DED said his team took 14 days to investigate and act after receiving information on the stocked counterfeits.
"We work closely with global brands to train our inspectors in identifying counterfeits and we update trademark owners on local developments in combatting counterfeiting," Behzad said.