Counterfeiting

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Finding Fakes With a Smartphone and a Microscope

4 September 2017 • By Bloomberg

4 September 2017 • By Bloomberg

A New York startup says it has a technology that can spot counterfeits without the guesswork.

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Finding Fakes With a Smartphone and a Microscope

A New York startup says it has a technology that can spot counterfeits without the guesswork.

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Kering and Alibaba Join Forces in Battle Against Counterfeits

3 August 2017 • By Reuters

3 August 2017 • By Reuters

As part of the agreement, Kering has dropped a lawsuit against Alibaba and agreed instead to co-operate on safeguarding their intellectual property rights.

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Kering and Alibaba Join Forces in Battle Against Counterfeits

As part of the agreement, Kering has dropped a lawsuit against Alibaba and agreed instead to co-operate on safeguarding their intellectual property rights.

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Paytm Culls 85,000 Sellers in Bid to Avoid Fakes and Build Consumer Trust

19 July 2017 • By Bloomberg

19 July 2017 • By Bloomberg

Paytm Mall, the latest entrant into India’s online retailing market, de-listed thousands of suspect sellers from its platform to avoid backer Alibaba's reputation as a haven for fakes.

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Paytm Culls 85,000 Sellers in Bid to Avoid Fakes and Build Consumer Trust

Paytm Mall, the latest entrant into India’s online retailing market, de-listed thousands of suspect sellers from its platform to avoid backer Alibaba's reputation as a haven for fakes.

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Amazon to Expand Counterfeit Removal Program in Overture to Sellers

21 March 2017 • By Reuters

21 March 2017 • By Reuters

The move reflects Amazon's efforts to court increasingly important third-party sellers.

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Amazon to Expand Counterfeit Removal Program in Overture to Sellers

The move reflects Amazon's efforts to court increasingly important third-party sellers.

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Alibaba's Jack Ma Wants Serious Jail Time for Counterfeiters

7 March 2017 • By Bloomberg

7 March 2017 • By Bloomberg

In an open letter, Ma said enforcement had been too lax and the authorities should raise maximum prison sentences and other penalties to deter illegal profiteers.

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Alibaba's Jack Ma Wants Serious Jail Time for Counterfeiters

In an open letter, Ma said enforcement had been too lax and the authorities should raise maximum prison sentences and other penalties to deter illegal profiteers.

Fighting the $450 Billion Trade in Fake Fashion

2 March 2017 • By Sarah Shannon

2 March 2017 • By Sarah Shannon

BoF lifts the lid on the shadowy market in fake fashion and what the UK’s special anti-counterfeiting police unit — the only one of its kind in the world — is doing about it.

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Fighting the $450 Billion Trade in Fake Fashion

BoF lifts the lid on the shadowy market in fake fashion and what the UK’s special anti-counterfeiting police unit — the only one of its kind in the world — is doing about it.

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Fake Fashion Fuels Vast Illicit Profits, Sea of Human Misery

28 February 2017 • By Associated Press

28 February 2017 • By Associated Press

Annual trade in fake products is worth around 2.5 percent of total global trade, or about $18 trillion, with the money fuelling organised crime, terrorism and the trafficking of drugs, people, sex and wildlife.

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Fake Fashion Fuels Vast Illicit Profits, Sea of Human Misery

Annual trade in fake products is worth around 2.5 percent of total global trade, or about $18 trillion, with the money fuelling organised crime, terrorism and the trafficking of drugs, people, sex and wildlife.

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Let The Red Carpet Knockoff War Begin

27 February 2017 • By Bloomberg

27 February 2017 • By Bloomberg

The big fashion houses, some of which translate trends into affordable looks for retailers, must contend with unauthorised duplicates and adaptations that pop up in stores and websites almost instantaneously.

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Let The Red Carpet Knockoff War Begin

The big fashion houses, some of which translate trends into affordable looks for retailers, must contend with unauthorised duplicates and adaptations that pop up in stores and websites almost instantaneously.

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Alibaba Blames Poor Laws, Enforcement For Spread of Fakes

27 February 2017 • By Reuters

27 February 2017 • By Reuters

The company blamed ambiguous laws and lax penalties at the root of its difficulties in enforcing laws against counterfeiting, as the firm lobbies to be taken off a US blacklist of marketplaces notorious for fakes.

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Alibaba Blames Poor Laws, Enforcement For Spread of Fakes

The company blamed ambiguous laws and lax penalties at the root of its difficulties in enforcing laws against counterfeiting, as the firm lobbies to be taken off a US blacklist of marketplaces notorious for fakes.

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A New Tech Tool for the War on Fake Goods

6 February 2017 • By Bloomberg View

6 February 2017 • By Bloomberg View

Blockchains could be the perfect tool for fighting the counterfeiting scourge.

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A New Tech Tool for the War on Fake Goods

Blockchains could be the perfect tool for fighting the counterfeiting scourge.