A government agency took an unusual step of getting directly involved in ecommerce matters. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requested the heads of eBay and Amazon do more to prevent the sale of fake set-top boxes on their marketplaces. Read more
Fashion brand Birkenstock will no longer sell through Amazon in Europe citing counterfeits, it announced Monday. The shoemaker already exited Amazon’s US marketplace over similar concerns. The timing may be related to regulations: in Germany, courts had previously forced some Read more
Online sellers who offer designer goods can increase sales and the selling prices of those items by increasing trust. We take a look at a paid service called Entrupy developed by a group of technologists and PhDs that lets sellers Read more
Alibaba Group has filed with Shenzhen Longgang District People’s Court a lawsuit against two (allegedly) fake Swarovski watch sellers on Taobao platform, claiming RMB1.4 million in damages for contract and goodwill violations. It is the first ever legal action taken Read more
New research from MarkMonitor, the world leader in enterprise brand protection, reveals that 23 percent of consumers have unwillingly bought a fake product online – with a higher than average proportion falling into the 18 to 34 year old millennial Read more
Daimler AG filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Monday for trademark infringement, design patent infringement, false advertising, unfair competition, and other complaints for allegedly selling replica Mercedes wheels that were not authorized or sold by Daimler. The case is interesting Read more
Almost overnight, Amazon has been getting flooded with thousands of counterfeit items posted by stores based in China, a seller is alleging. Jerry Kozak, owner of the Ann Arbor T-shirt Company, has been struggling to make his case to Amazon and Read more
Just in time for the holidays, online sellers gain access to a new product sourcing marketplace. Counterfeits remain a problem, Amazon targets college campuses, and FedEx raises its fuel surcharge fee despite falling costs of fuel. Here’s a roundup of Read more
The maker of a line of accessories for Apple products is suing eBay and a number of its sellers over counterfeits, calling eBay’s VeRO process a “sham.” The plaintiff is Wimo Labs, which sells the Lunatik line of products that Read more
Etsy is receiving a lot of attention today, but not in a good way. A new Wall Street report called into question the ability of the Etsy to deal with the problem of fakes and trademark infringement. Counterfeits are a Read more
