TEMPO   22nd May 2008

PHP6-M Fake Lee jeans seized

Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) seized counterfeit Lee and Warner Bros. T-shirts worth PHP 6 million during simultaneous raids conducted in Valenzuela City, the bureau reported yesterday.

Raided were the stockroom and factory of Platinum Integrated Philippines corp. and and/or Victor Lee and/or Angela Lee located at 5 Pio Valenzuela Street, Marulas, Valenzuela City and at 246 McArthur Highway, Karuhatan, also in Valenzuela City.

Operatives of the Intellectual Property Rights Division (IPRD) headed by Regional Director lawyer Elfren Meneses conducted the raids last May 16.

Seized from the two establishments were 13,693 counterfeit Lee and Warner Bros T-shirts.

-- Jeamma E. Sabate

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