Ferrari Niki Lauda replica seized at customs

A counterfeit Ferrari F1 Niki Lauda seized. The officials of the Excise, Customs and Monopolies Agency of the Territorial Operational Section of Ponte Chiasso and the soldiers of the Guardia di Finanza of the Ponte Chiasso Group carried out a check on a vehicle bound for Switzerland and found a replica of a Ferrari on the floor. F1 Niki Lauda, ​​found to be counterfeit. The exporter was sued for counterfeiting, alteration or use of distinctive signs of intellectual property or industrial products, introduction into the state and trade of products with false signs and sale of industrial products with misleading signs. The control initiative was taken because the description of the goods contained in the customs documents accompanying the transport, ‘fiberglass show car model’, gave rise to the suspicion of possible violation of the legislation on counterfeiting, reinforced by the smallness of the declared value and the nature of the exporter’s profession which, from an initial investigation, was mainly engaged in activities in the construction sector.It was ascertained that the load consisted of a simulator with characteristics very similar to those of an original Ferrari and, in particular, the presence of the Ferrari inscription was detected inside the rev counter positioned on the dashboard. The appraisal made following a request for intervention aimed at ascertaining any improper use of the ‘Ferrari’ intellectual property right confirmed that the object of the detention was not carried out by Ferrari Spa and that the tachograph reproduces, without authorization, the Ferrari figurative community trademark characterized by the elongated F.