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ARTICLE · 14 MARCH 2025

Leading Audio Brands Score Major Victory Against Counterfeiting Network In China

Three leading audio equipment brands including Shure, have scored a decisive victory against a network in China that were engaged in large-scale manufacture and export of counterfeit products.

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Large-scale manufacture and export of counterfeit products, including amplifiers, headphones and microphones were halted

Three leading audio equipment brands including Shure, have scored a decisive victory against a network in China that were engaged in large-scale manufacture and export of counterfeit products, including amplifiers, headphones and microphones.

The case started in May 2022 when Rouse, working with its strategic partner law firm Lusheng, uncovered a network of nine companies in China, including trading, logistics and manufacturing companies across Guangdong Province, exporting counterfeit audio equipment to South East Asia. The network operated over eighty separate online stores on Shopee and Lazada supplying to customers in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. Although several audio brands were targeted by the counterfeiters, only three brand owners, Shure and two others engaged Rouse and Lusheng to launch a coordinated action.

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