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[Lyle Williams]

https://www.neutrik.com/media/13415/download/PR_neutrik_against_product_piracy_en_201904.pdf?v=1

Does anybody know any more?

[Keith Broughton]

https://www.neutrik.com/media/13415/download/PR_neutrik_against_product_piracy_en_201904.pdf?v=1

Does anybody know any more?

Good for them to push back against copy cat products!

[Scott Slater]

Shure needs to do this as well, although the counterfeit mics are usually much easier to spot.

[Taylor Hall]

Shure needs to do this as well, although the counterfeit mics are usually much easier to spot.

They already do:  https://www.shure.co.uk/support/shure_against_counterfeiting

Shure and Sennie have also had active investigations going on for years into factories producing/distributing fakes. In fact just a few weeks ago Shure and other OEMs released info on a massive raid that took place late last year and resulted in thousands of counterfeit products ranging from mics to amps being seized.

[John Fruits]

On the light side, MA Lighting and Avolites are both battling this. FAKE CONSOLES

[Lyle Williams]

Ok, it seems to have targetted booths selling connectors deemed to be fake.

Initially from the article and facebook translation from german, it sounded like they were seizing completed products with connectors they didn't like. "Countless products were confiscated..."

I'm happy satisfied that I don't have counterfeit connectors on my cables, but how the fork would I know if a company used genuine parts or patent-infringing ones?

[Lyle Williams]

99% of my connectors are Yongsheng, a company owned by Neutrik.

I just had visions of the german xlr-stasi dragging me away for the connectors on a beaten-up DI I don't recall even buying.    :-)

[Corey Scogin]

It would make me quite uneasy to have police or anyone making IP violation determinations on the spot and seizing property. Determination whether a product violates IP is rarely straightforward. I hope they had an unbiased 3rd party pre-determine which products violated IP before storming in and taking people's hardware.

[Mark Cadwallader]

There is a significant difference between IP infringement and counterfeit goods. Counterfeit good are routinely seized by law enforcement agencies (albeit usually not the local police) as contraband; bona-fide IP disputes are typically matters resolved through civil litigation.

Given the apparent translation from (probably German) to English, I suspect that referring to the seizing authority as "police" is only a rough approximation of the intended term.

[Randy Pence]

I didn't see any incidents, but there are routinely customs police ("ZOLL" on their jackets) on duty at these kinds of trade fairs. Pro Light and Sound is big money, so I'd imagine there is some sort of system to protect vendors on both sides of accusations.

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