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Court Rules in Favour of Tamron in Illegal Imports Case
The district court in Utrecht/Netherlands rendered a drastic verdict against H.P. Ruitenberg and 4 respective entities of the so-called Crown group in favour of Tamron Europe. Tamron`s lawyers succeeded in providing evidence that Ruitenberg and several of his respective Crown companies violated the trademark rights of Tamron by dealing with illegally imported merchandise, which was not imported into the EU by or on behalf of Tamron. The verdict includes a penalty of €2,000,000 for non-compliance with an earlier verdict that Tamron had obtained in its favour.
Tamron Press Release
TAMRON Europe GmbH, Cologne, Germany attains drastic 2 Mio € penalty verdict against Ruitenberg / Crown in the Netherlands for dealing with illegal imports
Cologne, July 28th, 2010 – On June 30th 2010 the district court in Utrecht/Netherlands (file reference number 262876/HA ZA 09-458) rendered a drastic verdict against Mr. H.P. Ruitenberg and 4 respective entities of the so-called Crown group in favour of Tamron Europe, Cologne, Germany. After an extremely harsh and meticulous prosecution Tamron Europe`s lawyers succeeded in providing evidence that Mr Ruitenberg and several of his respective Crown companies violated the trademark rights of Tamron by dealing with illegally imported merchandise, which was not imported into the EU by or on behalf of Tamron. The court could be successfully convinced of the damaging impact to Tamron Europe`s business resulting from the illegal trade. The verdict includes a drastic penalty of € 2.000.000,- for non-compliance with an earlier verdict that Tamron obtained in its favour. Tamron Europe urgently suggests all retailers in Europe to purchase Tamron merchandise solely from unsuspicious and fully reliable sources, as the company will not hesitate to take similar drastic legal action against any kind of trade with illegally imported Tamron products.
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#1 Paul H
At least in some countries, parallel / grey market importing is specifically allowed. Restricting legitimate product through means of "official" importers only is considered a restraint of trade.
It is up to the parallel importer to provide all warrantees, so the only loss to the official channel is the fact that they cannot price gouge.
9:32 am - Saturday, July 31, 2010
#2 Mike
Re the above comments, which I completely agree with. 'Grey' goods are nothing new. I have frequently legally sourced & imported items from the USA, for personal use, due to the 'rip off' pricing policy in the UK. Even taking into account import duty & shipping costs the items invariably work out a lot cheaper than the UK equivalent. Small wonder many people refer to UK as Fantasy Island!
1:17 pm - Saturday, July 31, 2010