The Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA), has seized fake television sets worth Ksh Sh28 million at the Inland Container Depot in Embakasi, Nairobi.
According to the ACA’s Deputy Director of Enforcement and Legal Services, Johnson Adera, many Kenyans may be using fake TV sets that were assembled locally and packaged as highly valued trademarks.
Speaking on Tuesday at a function organized by the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement by Dolby Laboratories, Adera warned that the influx of fake TV sets in the market was posing as a major challenge.
Adera warned Kenyans to be cautious when buying TV sets and other electronic items including speakers and car stereos since they had genuine-looking logos.
“We have to be vigilant at all times because counterfeiters are creative,” he cautioned.
Furthermore, he called on all Kenyans who suspected the integrity of their TV sets to report to the agency.
Dolby, an audio compression technologies developer, was awarding ACA for the tremendous work it had achieved in protecting their intellectual property rights.
Dolby is in Kenya to train surveillance officers attached to the ACA and the multi-agency team set up to fight counterfeit products on their products and the intellectual property rights of their trademark.
Global Director, IP Protection and Enforcement, Dolby Laboratories Inc., Vivian Vassallo, stated that they were delighted to have a strategic partner in ACA to work within reducing the counterfeits menace.
On the other hand, ACA CEO Elema Halake declared that the partnership with the intellectual property rights owners was critical in ensuring that ACA officers were up to date with any changes on all products.
According to ACA, more than Ksh80 billion worth of illicit goods had been seized between June and September 2018.
