Brother conducts Vadodara raid

Digital imaging solution provider, Brother India, along with Enforcers of Intellectual Property Rights (EIPR ) conducted raids in Vadodara on September 20, 2011. The agency and police officials raided a shop in the Jetalpur Road area of the city and seized Brother's counterfeit toner powders.

The raid was executed by a specialized team consisting of EIPR regional team members and Gotri police officials. The team conducted raid at Electrodeal/Maxwell Electronics, Office No 419, 4th Floor, Lalita Tower, Jetalpur Road, Vadodara. Sanjaybhai Himmatbhai Prajapati, 38, owner of Maxwell Electronics has been arrested under sections 51, 63 of the Copyright Act.

A case with FIR no 139/2011, dated September 20, 2011 has been registered at Gotri police station, Vadodara. In the raid, the team seized 1,130 units of Brother's counterfeit toner powder packets each weighing 100 gm.

This is an ongoing effort from Brother India to eradicate counterfeit activities across the country. This raid was the third seizure conducted by the company in this quarter.