The ACR News website (www.acr-news.com) reported that a judicial settlement was reached agains Quzhouzhou Fuming Co of Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province. ACR News reports, “A raid action in late September 2011 resulted in seizure of 1,500 empty refrigerant cylinders with Suva and Freon packaging, 1,000 counterfeit labels and 1,000 counterfeit DuPont Freon R22 cylinders.” The settlement against Quzhouzhou Fuming Co. includes:
-$39,400 payment to the Chinese government
-$32,000 payment to DuPont
-Permanent injunction preventing their sale of DuPon refrigerants
-Discontinue use of DuPont trademarks
-Formal written apology to appear in two Chinese newspapers
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