Customs recordal is one of the most proactive and operationally effective tools available to IP owners seeking to prevent the cross-border movement of counterfeit and infringing goods. By recording intellectual property rights with Customs authorities, rights holders empower border officials to identify, detain, and seize infringing shipments before they enter or leave the market. Protecting those rights at the border rigorously and strategically requires expert legal counsel from recordal through to active enforcement coordination.
Vohra & Vohra offers comprehensive customs recordal and border enforcement services to businesses of every scale — from brand owners recording their first trademark to multinational corporations managing coordinated border-control strategies across multiple jurisdictions. Every strategy is aligned with the client's commercial reality and enforcement priorities.
Vohra & Vohra provides strategic customs recordal and border enforcement services that help brand owners, manufacturers, and rights holders prevent, intercept, and act against the cross-border movement of counterfeit and infringing goods with confidence.
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The firm provides comprehensive customs recordal services including IP rights assessment, notice of IP rights drafting and filing, recordal of trademarks, copyrights, patents and designs with Customs authorities, seizure coordination, Customs official liaison, post-detention enforcement proceedings, recordal renewals, and advisory on global border-control strategies.
In India, trademarks and copyrights are the primary IP rights that can be formally recorded with Customs authorities under the Intellectual Property Rights (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, 2007. Vohra & Vohra also advises on practical border enforcement strategies for patents and registered designs in coordination with Customs officials.
Once a shipment is detained, the rights holder is notified and given an opportunity to inspect the goods and confirm infringement. Vohra & Vohra coordinates directly with Customs officials at this stage, providing technical verification support and instructions to facilitate seizure, forfeiture, and destruction of the infringing goods, as well as initiating civil or criminal enforcement action against the importer.
Yes. Vohra & Vohra advises on customs recordal and border enforcement strategies across multiple jurisdictions, including coordination with foreign customs authorities, international anti-counterfeiting networks, and WIPO-aligned border control frameworks to provide cohesive global protection against counterfeit goods.
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