The history of this case goes back to 2009 when the Al Tamimi & Company IP enforcement team received information in relation to a container imported into Dubai from Port Saeed in Egypt, through the Jabel Ali Free Zone Seaport. 

The container contained approximately 420 master cases of branded cigarettes for a line of products that was no longer manufactured by the client.  In fact, the client stopped producing this brand of cigarettes as long back as 2003.