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U.S. Customs and Border Protection tweeted that its officers had “recently confiscated 2,000 counterfeit Apple AirPods.” But looking at the photos they tweeted, the seized products appear to be OnePlus Buds, and they seem to stick to their conclusion.
“CBP officers are protecting the American public from various dangers on a daily basis. The interception of these counterfeit hearing aids is a direct reflection of the vigilance and commitment to mission success on the part of our CBP officers on a daily basis, ”Troy Miller, CBP’s director of field operations in New York, said in a statement.
CBP said officers seized “2,000 counterfeit Apple Airpod headsets” from Hong Kong bound for Nevada at an air cargo facility located at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It’s unclear if the 2,000 units were OnePlus Buds, but it’s assumed through the photos they posted.
Meanwhile, Twitter users have been for or against the block. OnePlus USA even tweeted a reply to CBP’s tweet, jokingly asking them to “return those.”
“Upon examining the shipment in question, a CBP import specialist determined that the headphones in question appeared to violate Apple’s configuration trademark. Apple has configuration trademarks on its headphone brand and has registered those trademarks with CBP. Based on that determination, CBP officers at JFK airport have seized the shipment under 19 USC 1526 (e), ”a CBP spokesperson said in a subsequent statement.
The CBP spokesperson also said that OnePlus (or the importer) “will have many opportunities through the adjudication process to provide evidence that their product does not violate the relevant trademarks.”
The OnePlus Buds share some of the same characteristics as the Apple AirPods, including their color, overall shape, and the metal ring around the bottom of the buds. But the AirPods case is rectangular, not a semicircle. The heads of the OnePlus Buds also have different shapes.
The Buds were already gone reduction in the United States for weeks. And if CBP is really concerned about Apple’s trademark violations, why aren’t they stopping sales of knockoff real AirPods on Amazon as well?
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