Changhua City’s famous egg yolk pastry shop “Bu Erfang” is well-known far and near. Every year on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, loyal gourmets are always rushing to the sky. Erfang’s egg yolk pastry, which was sold on the Internet, sold tens of thousands of boxes in the past two years, and it was also sold at a higher price than the original, making a profit of nearly 6 million.
The famous egg yolk crisp shop “Fujifang” attracts a large number of people to line up every year. This year, it switched to telephone pre-orders, and the supply is still in short supply. Therefore, daigou and group buying operators have also claimed that they can place large orders through special channels to solve the problems that consumers queuing up and can’t buy. The problem, but some businesses took advantage of this opportunity to sell counterfeit goods.
In September of this year, the police seized a total of 269 counterfeit “Fujifang” trademark packaging in two warehouses including Zhongshan Road in Changhua City with search tickets. After investigation, it was found that the Ye surnamed businessman started from 2020. The packaging of Erfang is similar, and the egg yolk pastry with unknown ingredients is purchased from an unknown channel. Around tens of thousands of boxes were sold until they were seized, and the illegal profit was nearly 6 million.
According to the provisions of Article 97 of my country’s Trademark Law, those who knowingly sell counterfeit goods, or possess, display, export or import with intent to sell shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year, criminal detention, or a fine of not more than NT$50,000; The same applies to those who do it in the media or online. The police said that the source of Ye Nan’s purchases was unknown, causing food safety concerns. After the whole case was inquired, he was transferred to the District Prosecutor’s Office for investigation on suspicion of violating the criminal law of fraud, forgery of documents, and violation of the Trademark Act.