Four suspects from Hubei Province, Wei Bin, his wife Du Li, countrymen Wei Zhong and Wei Wu (all pseudonyms) were convicted of manufacturing 2,000 cartons of counterfeit shampoos and shower gels with an estimated value of 170,000 yuan.  The Fengtai District Court in Beijing heard the case recently.

Between October 2006 and March 2007, in a residence at Lucun (name of a village), Changxindian, Fengtai District in Beijing, the four suspects forged their shampoos and shower gels with registered trademarks and packaging of P&G (China)'s Rejoice, Pantene, Head & Shoulders, Vidal Sassoon, Safeguard, Oil of Olay, as Unilever's Lux, Shanghai Jahwa's Liushen.  They were apprehended in March 2007.

The four defendants pled guilty at the trial and told the court that most of their counterfeit products were sold to budget merchandise marts in Beijing.

(China IP News)