Investigation Company First Obtained Private Detective Trademark

In May 5th, a survey office in the city registered a private detective trademark, which is the first time in Guangzhou.

The head of the survey office said that this means that the private sector is taking a step towards the lifting of the ban.

However, the successful registration of trademark does not mean that the company can carry out business in the name of private investigator. Private detective as a profession has not yet been opened. Private Investigation company still wears the name of "information consulting company" and "business consulting company" and wanders on the edge of the law.

Private detectives are still on the edge of the law.

Gao Hetao photo

Wen / reporter Liu Xiaoxing

In May 5th, the Guangzhou "nine headed bird" investigation firm obtained the "nine headed bird" brand personal detective trademark registration certificate issued by the State Trademark Office.

Li Guang, director of the "nine headed bird" Research Office, was very excited about this: "we are the first detective company to successfully register a private detective brand in Guangzhou."

In his view, this successful registration means that the private sector is taking a step towards the lifting of the ban.

As a matter of fact, in 1993, the Ministry of Public Security issued the notice on prohibiting the establishment of "private detective institutions".

Trademark registration successful business is still banned.

The trademark registration certificate of "nine headed birds" is No. 4834589. The registered person is "Guangzhou Liwan District nine birds Market Research Office". The approved service items are of forty-fifth categories: private bodyguards, detective companies, night guards, search for people, safety consultation, security and security consultation, security and burglar alarm system monitoring, escort, social escort (escort), escort (deadline).

For this paper registration certificate, Li Guang waited for over 3 years.

If a registered trademark is not permitted to start an enterprise, the detective company is still prohibited. If a detective is named, it will not be able to obtain a business license.

When we set up nine birds, we originally wanted to be called the "Investigation Institute", but the industry and Commerce Department did not approve it.

So he added "market" two words.

Li Guang said that similar companies established in recent two years can not be licensed even if they have "market".

Therefore, they are renamed "information consulting company" and "business consulting company".

No matter what the name is, these companies are doing private detectives.

Asking for 8000 yuan is not much.

In Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities, private detective has developed quite mature.

Just speaking, Li Guang's cell phone rang.

"8000 yuan, we can get evidence for you!"

Put down the phone, he told reporters: "it is a marriage survey."

It is reported that in the past two years, the marriage survey business has accounted for about 60% of their total business. The clients are mainly women. They all face the problems of husbands who do not give their milk to the household, and then put forward the divorce after the pfer of property.

"They hardly complain.

Looking for public security, the police think this is not a family matter.

Looking for women's federations, women's federations can't help them investigate.

Lawyers, lawyers can only be lawsuits, it is impossible to investigate and collect evidence in person.

They can only find private detectives. "

Li Guang said, "do things that others do not do" is the source of market demand for detective companies.

The 8000 yuan investigation fee is not very high in Li Guang's view.

To do a single marriage survey, we need two to three vehicle tracking teams and two to three investigation teams.

The detective also had to go to the expensive place to eat and relax.

"Labor, oil, food and leisure consumption are all costs.

After a survey, our profit is only about 30%. "

Li Guang said.

Mystery story

Pretend to be a scavenger guy

Last year, a well-known beverage company found "nine headed birds", hoping that they could help investigate the source of fake and shoddy products.

The investigators first found the location of the sale of the counterfeit products and traced the origin of the beverage cans in reverse direction.

They found that many famous brands of beverage cans were sorted out for acquisition, including the brand of the customers, at the waste acquisition station in the village.

They tracked the acquirers and found that the collected cans were concentrated in the rental housing of the village.

Every morning around 2 to 3 o'clock, large trucks pull these cans into a deep Hill depression in Baiyun District.

Li Guang tracked them up and found they couldn't get in.

There were people guarding the intersection at the entrance. There were more than 30 wolf dogs along the road, and the howl rounded through the valley.

Li Guang Ling made a move to make one of the investigators paste mud on his face, put on a broken straw hat, take a snake skin bag, and install it as a scavenger.

Investigators secretly looked around and found that there were several wires in the deep mountains. He locked the processing point according to the end of the wire.

After the investigation was clear, they informed the customers, and the customer led the industry and Commerce Department to knock down the fake points.

"Investigation is often life threatening."

Li Guang said that a private detective in Beijing had been killed by the counterfeiters after he exposed his identity.