Knockoff Sarin Planning Machines Found in India

Police in Surat made an arrest in connection to alleged manufacturing and sale of knockoff Sarin rough diamond planning machines. Following an investigation, on September 24th authorities made the arrest and confiscated 15 suspected systems from the forger and several of his clients.

The unnamed forger allegedly built the machines after reverse-engineering Sarin's widely used device and then sold them together with pirated copies of the company's Advisor rough planning software and DiaVision polished diamond measurement software, which is used with the machines.

According to Sarin’s VP Marketing & Business Development Akiva Caspi, Sarin clients in India reported that they were approached by a person that offered to sell them the copied machines and pirated software at a substantially reduced price.

After the company gathered more information, it filed a complaint with the local police.

“The broader issue is the protection of intellectual property in the diamond industry,” Caspi told IDEX Online. “Sarin invests a lot of money in developing revolutionary solutions and leading edge technologies, many protected by patents, trademarks, etc., and we intend to aggressively act to ensure these are enforced.”

Local police reported that a number of large companies bought the duplicated machines and pirated software. According to market sources, charges may also be brought against them.