Pakistan, July 21 -- The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has imposed Rs. 5 million penalty on M/s MCI-Bureau of Inspection & Certifications Pakistan, for fraudulently adopting a trademark and logo closely resembling that of Bureau Veritas, a France-based global leader in testing, inspection, and certification services, in violation of Section 10 of the Competition Act, 2010.

Bureau Veritas filed a complaint with CCP that MCI-Bureau of Inspection & Certifications Pakistan and MCI-Bureau of Inspection & Certifications United Kingdom had adopted a deceptively similar trade name and logo likely to mislead consumers into believing that its services were associated with the complainant. According to press release issued by the commiss...