Watch out for counterfeits and unlawful makes use of of Le Repère manufacturers
Beware of pretend websites promoting counterfeit articles
It has been over twenty years since the Bikers’ Den exists, with a popularity that has turn out to be essential not solely in France however internationally.
The mark was registered in 1999 with the INPI in France and renewed recurrently, to guard it from counterfeits and parasitism, each within the kind “The Bikers’ Den“but additionally in phonetically equivalent and related varieties resembling”The Biker Landmark” or “The Biker LandmarkLikewise, many related domains have been registered and every time redirect to the media itself to forestall anybody from being cheated. However generally a splash or a site extension is ample. completely different (TLD) to nonetheless handle to register a site title with the intention to attempt to use our notoriety.
The registration of our manufacturers with the INPI protects us in opposition to any unlawful use. All theft of a registered trademark is in truth punished by article L. 521-10 of the Mental Property Code, in keeping with which any infringement knowingly manufactured from the rights assured by this ebook is punished by three years of imprisonment and 300,000 euros tremendous. The dangers are due to this fact not negligible.
However in the identical manner as all the large manufacturers, that are counterfeit both straight or not directly ‘it appears however not likely the identical however you may simply confuse the 2’, the Biker Den may be the sufferer of counterfeiting. We recurrently see counterfeiting on helmets, however it exists on all tools, together with gloves.
The INPI thus specifies: “Counterfeiting is outlined because the replica, imitation or complete or partial use of an mental property proper with out the authorization of its proprietor.”
Case legislation (CA Paris 21 October 2015) has dominated that free-riding, which consists, for one financial operator, of following within the wake of one other by taking undue benefit of the notoriety acquired or the investments made is a type of unfair competitors. .
It’s due to this fact doable that websites usurp the title The Bikers’ Den or the Biker Landmark, with out being in any manner related to the Repaire des Motards and with none authorization from us, specifically to promote objects or tools, which can themselves be counterfeit. Out of the blue, the promotions threat being carried out to the detriment of patrons who can purchase counterfeit merchandise and finally very costly below the guise of a promotion.
If the rip-off is nicely arrange, the vendor creates faux fb profiles that say they’ve acquired the merchandise or who congratulate on the standard of the product, whereas these profiles are mounted from scratch and all conceal the identical individual behind.
We’ve already acquired many editorial calls from individuals who have bought merchandise from a web site utilizing a reputation that interferes with our emblems and by no means acquired them, proving thescam. Unscrupulous sellers depend on a small value to threat nothing, an aggrieved purchaser saying “too unhealthy” moderately than going to file a grievance along with his police station.
We due to this fact name all folks shopping for through advertisements and so-called promotions on social media to be significantly vigilant and to file a grievance with their police station within the occasion of a rip-off, even when it’s a small quantity.
Small memo of factors to verify and what ought to warn you
- Authorized Discover : verify if there’s a title, an deal with, a phone to contact. Dishonest websites don’t point out this minimal info
- Official paperwork : buy order … it’s essential to see them earlier than paying and receiving an bill after buy. In any other case, it smacks of a rip-off.
- Technique of fee : Paypal and small fee options are most well-liked by rip-off websites, in comparison with funds by Visa bank card, and so on …
