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Enforce · 06

Enforcement & customs recordal

Enforcement is a route choice plus evidence. Customs recordal is not a tariff classification file.

First job Choose the enforcement path and the evidence you already have, then the forum.

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Key considerations

  1. What right is being infringed, and where?
  2. What evidence already exists?
  3. Is the goods movement a customs-recordal question?

Decision map

Keep the question bounded.

  1. Name the rightTM, patent, copyright, secret.
  2. Name the pathAdmin, civil, criminal, recordal.
  3. Do not classify the HS code hereGoods codes live on the trade hub.

Curated resources

Open the asset that matches this job.

Helpful to prepare

Facts that make the next conversation clearer.

These items are orientation aids, not a legal requirement list.

  1. Right and alleged use in one sentence
  2. Evidence already held
  3. Whether goods are moving through customs

Local context

Add the city when the enforcement forum changes.

AIC/SAMR and court practice can differ after the national IP route is identified.

Open city and province guides

Counsel hand-off

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This hub organises filing, secrets and enforcement routes. It does not register rights, stop a squatter or bind CNIPA on your facts.

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Editorial policy · Last reviewed August 2026 · Intellectual Property