Counterfeit Products In The News:
Alibaba to Implement Three Strikes Anti-counterfeiting Policy
Jun 16, 2014 - By David Ho - in-house legal counsel for Alibaba Group
Three-Strikes system is designed to make justice more swift for blatant, repeat infringements on Alibaba.com and AliExpress.
Household Items Among Goods Seized in Counterfeit Busts
Jun 13, 2014 - By Eamon McNiff and Eric M. Strauss
Counterfeiting has become a $500 billion-a-year criminal industry that permeates everything people carry, wear and even ingest.
Can You Tell Which Is the Counterfeit Website?
Jun 12, 2014 - By EAMON MCNIFF and ALEXA VALIENTE
Counterfeiters are now duping consumers with websites designed to mirror real company sites. Besides fake luxury handbags or watches, people can even buy fake viagra or fake software from these websites.
eBay Blocks Consumer Protection Warnings
Jun 11, 2014 - By TCR Press Release
eBay has blocked consumer Counterfeit Product Alert warnings published by The Counterfeit Report on various OTC drugs, electronics and fragrances. Serious problems may await unsuspecting consumers who unknowingly use these counterfeit products.
Fake Persil scam is all washed up
Jun 09, 2014 - By Conor Feehan
A gang making counterfeit washing powder that was being sold to the public as a popular brand has been smashed on the outskirts of Dublin.
Man Guilty of Importing and Selling Counterfeit Intergrated Circuits from China
Jun 03, 2014 - By US Department of Justice
Man guilty of importing thousands of counterfeit integrated circuits (ICs) from China and Hong Kong and then reselling them to U.S. customers, including contractors supplying them to the U.S. Navy for use in nuclear submarines.
Member of largest counterfeit goods conspiracy in history sentenced
Jun 02, 2014 - By Homeland Security ICE
A New York member of a $300 million international counterfeit goods conspiracy, deemed one of the largest counterfeit goods case ever prosecuted, was sentenced Monday to 46 months in prison.
Alibaba, eBay and Amazon Warn On Counterfeit Products
May 29, 2014 - By TCR Press Release
Alibaba is facing credibility concerns and advising investors in their $15 billion IPO prospectus.
Knockoffs a headache for IPO-bound Alibaba
May 27, 2014 - By Associated Press AP
To ask for $15 billion to move Alibaba forward is going to open the floodgates on counterfeits.
Alibaba's counterfeit products a concern to some IPO investors
May 27, 2014 - By Kelvin Chan
Phony headphones and other knockoffs are a persistent problem for Alibaba that has grown more urgent since the company started working on a blockbuster initial public offering of shares in the United States.