Yingtan, renowned nationwide as the "Home of Eyewear," has built its glasses industry into a vital local pillar and a signature city brand. However, a small number of lawbreakers, driven by greed, have aggressively manufactured and sold counterfeit goods, disrupting market order, infringing upon brand rights, and harming consumer interests. In response, Yingtan public security authorities have resolutely taken a firm stance and launched a rigorous crackdown.

Recently, leveraging its intellectual property joint protection workstation, Yingtan police successfully investigated a major case involving counterfeit registered trademarks. The operation dismantled an illegal production base hidden in the Yujiang District, severing a complete black market chain for counterfeit eyewear that spanned production, processing, branding, and nationwide sales. This decisive action serves to strongly safeguard the high-quality development of the local specialty industry.

Decisive Action: Million-Yuan Counterfeit Operation Shut Down

The investigation began when Yingtan police, using the clue screening mechanism of the police-enterprise joint IP protection workstation, precisely identified suspicious activity involving the production of counterfeit well-known eyewear brands within a local industrial park. Following this lead, the Municipal Public Security Bureau swiftly organized a special task force, led by its Environmental, Food, Drug, and Criminal Investigation Unit and joined by market regulation authorities and the Yujiang District police branch, to conduct a deep and thorough investigation.

Through meticulous tracking, precise evidence gathering, and comprehensive inspections, the investigating officers cracked the case in just two days. They raided the site, which combined production, processing, and sales operations, seizing over 6,000 pairs of finished counterfeit glasses bearing various well-known brand names, more than 300,000 counterfeit frames and lenses, over 80,000 fake brand labels, and 44 pieces of specialized marking molds and production equipment. The total value of the case exceeds 24 million yuan.

Investigations revealed that the facility had no production qualifications or official brand authorization. It had long been illegally taking orders for counterfeit branded eyewear, privately branding and processing the products, and then shipping them nationwide via logistics channels to reap exorbitant profits. These counterfeit glasses are not only poorly made with substandard parameters, posing risks to vision health and safety, but they also seriously infringe on the intellectual property rights of legitimate brands, disrupt fair competition in Yingtan's eyewear market, and tarnish the reputation of the "Home of Eyewear."

Police-Enterprise Collaboration: Building a Comprehensive IP Protection Shield

While cracking cases serves as a strong deterrent, the real, long-term solution lies in addressing the issue at its source. Given the industry's susceptibility to IP infringement, Yingtan police are continuously advancing special IP protection campaigns like "Kunlun" and "Anxin." They are leveraging the innovative "administrative + judicial" joint protection workstation mechanism, moving their protective front line closer to the industry. By opening channels for collaboration between police, market regulation, industry associations, and local enterprises, they facilitate the sharing of violation leads, risk information, and swift case handling. This approach breaks down regulatory silos and creates a comprehensive IP protection framework characterized by "police leadership, departmental coordination, industry self-discipline, and enterprise participation," squeezing the living space for counterfeiters at the source.

Using this major multi-million yuan case as a typical example, police have also conducted legal awareness sessions and provided on-site assistance to enterprises within the eyewear industrial park and industry associations. Officers engaged in discussions with business representatives and workstation leaders, addressing high-frequency concerns such as trademark infringement, counterfeiting, evidence collection for rights protection, and risk prevention. They answered questions on the spot, explained relevant legal provisions and the consequences of prosecution, and guided companies in strengthening their compliance and risk control systems. The goal is to achieve a governance effect where "one case cracked serves as a warning for a wider audience and helps govern the entire sector."

Moving forward, Yingtan police will maintain a high-pressure stance against IP infringement and counterfeiting crimes. They will continue to optimize the police-enterprise linkage and departmental coordination mechanisms, regularly carry out legal awareness campaigns, risk screening, and corporate support services, and build a solid legal foundation to safeguard the high-quality development of the local specialty industry.