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Alibaba's Jack Ma blames "outdated" law for fakes

Alibaba's founder Jack Ma urged stronger penalties for selling counterfeits Tuesday in an open letter arguing that "outdated and unrealistic" laws and regulations "encourage" selling and making of fake products. Alibaba has come under fire in recent years for the ease at which knock-off goods are available to consumers on its online Taobao...

Report

Quarter of shoppers duped by online counterfeiters

London - Almost a quarter of consumers have bought fashion, footwear, electronics and digital content online that has turned out to counterfeit, according to new research commissioned by brand protection firm MarkMonitor. The research conducted by Opinium analysed the online shopping habits of 3,450 consumers across nine countries including the...

Business

Alibaba rejects Kering's counterfeit lawsuit

London - Although Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is no stranger to being accusations concerning counterfeiting, the company has stepped forward and denounced a lawsuit filed last week by luxury conglomerate Kering, which claimed the Internet titan was encouraging and profiting from the sale of falsified products. Kering, parent company of...