At the Port of Louisville, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a shipment on August 18 containing 152 counterfeit watches and 32 pairs of knock-off shoes. Had these items been genuine, the shipment would have had a combined manufacturer’s suggested retail price of over $9.3 million.
The shipment from the Republic of Korea was headed for Georgia when officers pulled the parcel for inspection. The examination revealed 152 watches bearing suspected Rolex and Louis Vuitton trademarks, while the 32 pairs of shoes bore the suspected Gucci trademark. The items were deemed inauthentic by CBP’s Centers of Excellence and Expertise, the agency’s trade experts, and were seized for bearing counterfeit versions of registered and recorded trademarks.
