KARACHI (PR): Multinational Company Hewlett Packard HP has announced the seizure of over 36,000 counterfeit supplies during raids conducted by local police teams in Lahore recently. The authorities seized 25 counterfeit ink cartridges, 190 counterfeit toner cartridges and 36,265 various components used to make counterfeit HP cartridges. 1 individual was arrested and will be subject to criminal prosecution.
HP collaborated with local law enforcement to make this action possible. HP vigorously defends its brand and intellectual property for Original HP supplies by engaging in industry-leading anti-counterfeiting practices to combat the fraudulent manufacture, distribution and sale of counterfeit HP supplies products.
Through our anti-counterfeiting efforts, HP is determined to protect our customers and our brand, said David Llamas, Global Brand Protection and Anti-Counterfeit Manager, Printing and Personal Systems, HP.
“Our commitment to our customers is the driving force behind the vigilance of our anti-counterfeit team, as we understand how the sale of counterfeit HP products negatively impacts our customers and the HP brand. With counterfeit HP print cartridges, customers purchase what they often assume to be a genuine HP product, but they instead receive a cartridge that provides them with inferior print quality at best and often times a cartridge that fails to perform at all”.
A counterfeit product is a product which has been made to look identical to or substantially indistinguishable from the genuine or original product, usually for the purpose of deceiving customers. Counterfeiting of printing supplies usually involves the illegal printing of HP-branded boxes, labels and security seals. Often refilled cartridges containing inferior inks and toners are used and inserted into this packaging that closely resembles genuine HP packaging. The counterfeit cartridges are ultimately purchased by customers who believe them to be genuine.
The diligence of the HP anti-counterfeiting program in the Asia Pacific region has resulted in law enforcement agencies successfully confiscating more than 25 million units of counterfeit cartridges and components in the last 4 years.