On Tuesday, 1st July, a local video and music retail business and its Director were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £ 5,614 to the London Boroughs of Brent & Harrow Trading Standards Service for supplying counterfeit and unclassified DVDs. Musik Zone (Wembley) Ltd., based at 105a Ealing Road, Wembley and its Director Mohammed Nadeem (aged 37), pleaded guilty to a total of fourteen offences under the Trade Marks Act 1994 and the Video Recordings Act 1984. The Court heard that the case arose after Brent & Harrow Trading Standards Service received a complaint from a member of the public who had purchased a number of CDs and DVDs from the defendant's premises which were later found to be counterfeit. Undercover Trading Standards Officers visited the shop during October 2007 and purchased several DVDs which, upon examination by the film companies, were also confirmed as being counterfeit. The Court heard that on 12th November 2007, Brent & Harrow Trading Standards joined forces with the Alperton Safer Neighbourhood Police team to search Nadeem's shop for illegal goods. A quantity of fake DVDs were seized because they breached the trade marks of Eros International Ltd. and Yash Raj Films. After the seizure, the DVDs were also examined by the British Board of Film Classification, who confirmed that they were unclassified as required by the Video Recordings Act 1984. The Magistrates were told that during an interview with Trading Standards Officers, Nadeem stated that the seized DVDs were his own personal possessions and that he had purchased them from Wembley Market. He also stated that some of the seized DVDs belonged to his friends who had left them in his shop. ... read more »