The CNLC seizes 1800 sets of counterfeit prints

On Friday 27 May, 2016, the Comité National de Lutte contre la Contrefaçon (CNLC, National Committee for Fight against Counterfeiting) seized 1,800 sets of counterfeit wax prints worth CFAF 24 million, following a referral by UNIWAX in accordance with Article 5 of law No. 2013-865 of 23-12-2013.

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That seizure with the help of UNIWAX agents, involved illegal reproductions of UNIWAX designs.

Let's remember that counterfeiting is the reproduction, imitation or total or partial use of a trademark, design, patent, software or copyright, without prior authorization by the holder.

All the UNIWAX designs are filed with the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI).

The CNLC is a State body created in partnership with the private sector to fight counterfeiting and piracy. Headed by Colonel Bahin Lejeune, the committee recently seized 10,000 pirated CDs and a drug truck in the town of Daloa.

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