Jamshedpur, Aug 20: Counterfeit Tata Wiron chain link fences and barbed wires were seized during joint raid by Tata Steel along with Vedayapalem Police station, V Sataram Police station and Sydapuram Police station in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh.
According to a press communique, estimated value of the seized products is valued at around 5 lakh worth of chain link fences and 1.54 lakh worth of barbed wires.
The estimated yearly impact of chain link fences are 5.76 crores and that of the barbed wires is 1.8 crores across India.
Four dealers/manufacturers namely Asian Wire Industries, Sri Venkateshwara Wire Products and Sri Laksmi Wire Industries in Nellore City and Sri Sreenivasa Industries in Nellore Rural were selling the counterfeit products. Upon receiving information that multiple locations in Nellore District Andhra Pradesh was selling Tata Wiron Chain link fences and Barbed wire products in non -standard packaging joint raids were conducted simultaneously in 4 locations. This unauthorised use of the Tata Wiron name is infringing on the Intellectual Property Rights of Tata Steel. The owners were selling fake chain link fences and barbed wires of substandard quality and selling it to consumers as that of Tata Wiron products.
Tata Wiron’s chain link fences and barbed wire is packaged in a unique manner and all original products are sold with the same packaging by authorised dealers and distributors.
Tata Steel’s products possess tremendous goodwill in the minds of the consumers by virtue of the quality of the products. Such unauthorised use of the Tata name on wire products which do not meet the quality standards of Tata Steel products hampers the reputation of Tata Steel. Tata Steel condemns the misuse of the trademarks and logos and the use of the trademarks and logos of Tata Steel and Tata Sons without our prior permission. In furtherance to protecting our brand reputation and goodwill, Tata Steel’s brand protection team continuously monitors and acts against entities which are infringing on our Intellectual property rights including counterfeiters.
