Avoid importing or buying counterfeit products

How does your company avoid importing or buying counterfeit products, and what do you do if it happens? 

Counterfeiting is the intentional imitation of a trademark, a work protected by copyright, a design, a patent or a utility model. The purpose of the imitation is usually for the consumer to believe that they are buying an original. The commercial import or purchase of counterfeit goods is illegal. Consequently, your company should consider which preventive measures the company can and will take to avoid this. 

Producers of counterfeit goods are becoming increasingly more professional, and it can be difficult to distinguish counterfeits from originals. Earlier, counterfeiting mainly involved luxury goods, but today products such as washing powder, batteries and medicines are copied. It is illegal to produce and sell counterfeit products and in some cases also illegal to buy them.