21 December 2005
Fake Mongol products seized from city store
POLICEMEN accompanied by officials of the Department of Trade and Industry seized two big bundles of fake Mongol pencils and products worth thousands of pesos during a raid on a downtown store Dagupan City Thursday.
Arrested in the operation was Jayson Sy, 24, tagged as the owner of SK Enterprise on A.B. Fernandez Avenue in Dagupan City which was fond selling fake Mongol pencils, crayons and Lotus ball pens that resemble the original products.
Sy, claimed he did not know that the products were imitations as these were brought to them by a dealer from Manila whom he did not identify.
The raid was part of a nationwide crackdown launched by Amspec Corporation, lone manufacturer and distributor of Mongol products, against imitation products being sold in the market at much cheaper prices than the genuine ones.
Wency Cao, national sales manager of Amspec, said they sought the assistance of the police and the DTI after they received reports that Sy’s store was selling information Mongol products, a violation of the Intellectual Property Rights. Guillermo Avelino represented the DTI in the raid.
Cao was with their company lawyer, Cesar Lopez Jr. and two of their quality control officer in determining that the fake products seized during the raid were not the genuine Mongol products though their label and appearance were almost the same.
He said the genuine Mongol pencil is “sweet-smeeling” as it is made of Cedar wood imported by their company from California U.S.A. while the imitation is odorless as it is made from Palo-China wood.
Hinting that the fake Mongol products came from China though the Manila ports by alleged misdeclaration, Cao believed a company in Manila is importing and distributing the fake products nationwide at the expense of the genuine Mongol products solely manufactured and distributed by his company.
“Of course, it is affecting sales of our products. Our concern is to provide quality products tot eh people but this is being destroyed by the flooding of fake products in the market, Cao said.
Buyers of Mongol pencils with distinctive taste can easily determine the fake from the genuine by examining their wood. The fake product is white while that of the genuine is reddish.
Lopez said the ferrule (ring that holds the eraser, that is made of tin) of the genuine and fake Mongol pencil are different. The marking of the fake pencil is easy to erase, in contrast with that of the genuine which is difficult to erase.
Also, the eraser of the genuine pencil is colored red orange while the eraser of the fake product is pale red. Genuine Mongol pencil sells at P4.50 each while the fake pencil costs only P1.25.
Arrested in the operation was Jayson Sy, 24, tagged as the owner of SK Enterprise on A.B. Fernandez Avenue in Dagupan City which was fond selling fake Mongol pencils, crayons and Lotus ball pens that resemble the original products.
Sy, claimed he did not know that the products were imitations as these were brought to them by a dealer from Manila whom he did not identify.
The raid was part of a nationwide crackdown launched by Amspec Corporation, lone manufacturer and distributor of Mongol products, against imitation products being sold in the market at much cheaper prices than the genuine ones.
Wency Cao, national sales manager of Amspec, said they sought the assistance of the police and the DTI after they received reports that Sy’s store was selling information Mongol products, a violation of the Intellectual Property Rights. Guillermo Avelino represented the DTI in the raid.
Cao was with their company lawyer, Cesar Lopez Jr. and two of their quality control officer in determining that the fake products seized during the raid were not the genuine Mongol products though their label and appearance were almost the same.
He said the genuine Mongol pencil is “sweet-smeeling” as it is made of Cedar wood imported by their company from California U.S.A. while the imitation is odorless as it is made from Palo-China wood.
Hinting that the fake Mongol products came from China though the Manila ports by alleged misdeclaration, Cao believed a company in Manila is importing and distributing the fake products nationwide at the expense of the genuine Mongol products solely manufactured and distributed by his company.
“Of course, it is affecting sales of our products. Our concern is to provide quality products tot eh people but this is being destroyed by the flooding of fake products in the market, Cao said.
Buyers of Mongol pencils with distinctive taste can easily determine the fake from the genuine by examining their wood. The fake product is white while that of the genuine is reddish.
Lopez said the ferrule (ring that holds the eraser, that is made of tin) of the genuine and fake Mongol pencil are different. The marking of the fake pencil is easy to erase, in contrast with that of the genuine which is difficult to erase.
Also, the eraser of the genuine pencil is colored red orange while the eraser of the fake product is pale red. Genuine Mongol pencil sells at P4.50 each while the fake pencil costs only P1.25.
