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• Zippo files complaint with U.S. International Trade Commission over counterfeit lighters 

The lighter company, made famous during World War II, has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. Zippo, and ZippMark, the company that owns the Zippo trademark, identified seven companies in its complaint that manufacture and/or sell lighters that look like Zippo lighters in the U.S.

"It is simply an action on our part to kind of focus Customs personnel on the fact that we have a trademark," Zippo Chief Executive Officer Greg Booth said. Manufacturers are "bringing these trademark and shape infringing (lighters) into the country.

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