These counterfeit Canon print cartridges are filled with dirty toxic inkOn May 9, Canon employees along with members from Enforcers of Intellectual Property Rights (EIPR) and the crime branch conducted a citywide raid to nab makers of counterfeit Canon cartridges. They seized fake printer cartridges worth Rs 12 lakh from a manufacturing unit at Veera Desai Road.

Speaking about the raids, Zahir Khan, managing director of EIPR, says, Canon Inc appointed our investigating and enforcement firm to deal with the problem.

We had been planning a raid against counterfeit Canon cartridge makers in the city for a month now. We targetted both retailers and manufacturers. We confiscated goods worth Rs 25 lakh in the citywide raids.

Adds Khan, With the advent of technology, counterfeiters are now capable of duplicating even the minutest details such as barcodes, holograms, security tags and packaging.

He explains that people using these cartridges were bound to face problems. The counterfeiters were using crude methods to refill very dirty and toxic ink in the cartridges, reveals Khan.

The culprits were arrested under Section 51 / 63 of the