THE Scotch whisky industry has declared it has made a major legal breakthrough in its battle against counterfeit producers in China, after successfully suing a packaging firm in the Anhui province.
Industry body the Scotch Whisky Association has won a court action against Anhui Guangyu Packaging Technology Company, which had been manufacturing bottle caps featuring the words Scotch whisky.
The caps were used on bottles of fake Scotch whisky, sold more than 1,000 miles away in Myanmar.
Lindesay Low, SWA senior legal counsel, said: “This victory in the Chinese civil court is significant for a number of reasons and should be seen as a legal breakthrough. We are confident this will help deter other potential counterfeiters and fraudsters in China.
“Now that the appeal period has expired and the judgement has become final, we are focussing on enforcing the award of damages."
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