On September 27, 2016, Romanian officials at the Border Customs Office of Constanta, the port city on the coast of Romania, seized products for children's parties, such as paper helmets, plastic straws, napkins and cardboard plates, believed to infringe Disney®, Hello Kitty®, Toy Story®, Cars®, Minions®, Smurf®, SpongeBob®, Spiderman®, Dora the Explorer® and Tweety® trademarks.

The total value of the counterfeit goods, arriving from China and intended for a Romanian company located in Bucharest, is estimated at approximately EUR 167,000 (USD 183,500).

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