What is the ruling on trading goods that carry international names or similar names, which are registered as a special trademark for the store, knowing that these marks are placed on the devices and their source is clarified to the customer? What are the rights of the original company owners, and is their approval for sale obligatory? What should be done with the remaining goods and protected marks?

If the partnership agreement between you and your brother stipulates that each of you has the profit from a specific type of work (import profit for your brother and wholesale profit for you), then this contract is invalid due to uncertainty (gharar) and ambiguity (jahalah) regarding the profit. In this case, the profit is divided as stated in Fatwa no. 93327.

However, if your brother brings the goods and you buy them from him at an agreed price and then sell them, there is no harm in that.

But, counterfeiting international brands and placing them on another product involves two matters: 1. Deceiving and misleading buyers: Because it involves consuming people's wealth unlawfully, and deception in sales is forbidden. 2. Infringement of trademarks: Trademarks are rights belonging to their owners, and it is not permissible to infringe upon them, even if their owner is a disbeliever, except with their permission.

Accordingly, it is not permissible to trade in goods bearing counterfeit trademarks, whether customers know about it or not, and whether the state permits it or not, unless the companies that own the rights authorize it.

As for the remaining goods you have: You can remove the counterfeit name and the fake mark and then sell them. Or you can seek permission from the company that owns the right to sell them.

As for what has been sold of these goods: The company can be compensated for the infringement of its right, or you can seek its exoneration from it. If it is not possible to deliver the right to them, then the amount should be spent on general Muslim welfare, such as for the poor, the needy, and charitable projects.

And what you both did regarding protecting brands or trademarks for other companies is not valid, and the ministry's collusion with you on this does not make it a right for you, unless there is permission from the rightful owner.