CBP Seizes Counterfeit Sports Caps Manifested as Household Goods
On August 11, 2011, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that CBP officers and import specialists at the Newark/New York port of entry seized approximately 50,000 baseball caps for intellectual property rights violations manifested as household goods. CBP officers selected…
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a container manifested as household goods for examination. The import specialist determined that many of the baseball caps in the shipment violated several different trademarks for luxury clothing labels, corporate logos, and sports teams, including the New York Yankees. The caps had an estimated domestic value of approximately $100,000, and an estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price of more than $1 million.