Alibaba: Puts More in Cracking down on Fake Products
Alibaba revealed investment surpassing CNY 1 billion in cracking down on fake products and protecting consumer interests from January 1, 2013 to November 30, 2014. In the first three quarters of 2014, the Chinese e-commerce service provider dealt with 6 million links to infringed products jointly with brand holders, handling more than 1000 cases relating to infringement of intellectual property in partnership with law enforcement departments, arresting nearly 400 criminals involving value approaching CNY 600 million.
http://world.einnews.com/article/241158471/dyIJ0mfjLu8w_8Jh
Lear MoreAlibaba sinks $161M into nixing counterfeits over two years
Over the last two years, China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has spent well over $100 million ridding its listings of counterfeit items.Between January 2013 and November 2014, Alibaba spent 1 billion yuan (about $161 million) removing counterfeit items from the company’s e-commerce listings, the China-based company announced Tuesday. In total, over 90 million items have been removed from its group of e-commerce sites.
http://www.cnet.com/news/alibaba-has-spent-161m-scrubbing-counterfeits-in-two-years/
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How To Guard Against China Counterfeiting
If you sell or outsource your products to China, you should anticipate infringement of your trademarks, copyrights, patents, or trade secrets and you should have an anti-counterfeiting plan in place before that happens. Any company looking to do business in China or even with China must first figure out how to protect its intellectual property rights. Trademarks, patents, and industrial designs must be registered in China to be protected in China. Copyrights do not need to be registered in China to be protected in China, but registration makes it easier to prove copyright ownership in any dispute.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danharris/2014/12/22/how-to-guard-against-china-counterfeiting/
Lear MoreOrlando man gets 3 years for smuggling contraband into prison as officer
For $1,000, one inmate said, you could get a carton of cigarettes smuggled into the federal prison in Sumter County. All you had to do, the inmate told federal officials, is get the money wired into an account for an Orlando man — a corrections officer at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex.
That inmate and others told federal officials that Antoine D. Clark could also get everything from porn to booze into the prison where he worked. For that, the former corrections officer will return to prison.
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Virginia Considers Increased Tobacco Interdictions, Regulations
The Commonwealth of Virginia is considering forcing retailers to get licenses to sell tobacco products, attempting to increase the difficulty of reselling Virginia-purchased tobacco in other states. Currently, Virginia laws do not restrict to whom wholesalers sell their products, and excise taxes are only applied during retail transactions. The Commonwealth State is one of 14 states without laws requiring cigarette retailers to obtain licensing before selling the products, and also has very low excise taxes on tobacco.
Lear MoreA Chinese e-retailer steps up its fight against the sale of counterfeit goods
Reacting to reports of widespread sales of fake watches, Jumei.com is asking suppliers to add anti-counterfeiting technologies to their products. A Chinese online retailer, stung by revelations of sales of fake watches on its site this summer, is taking additional steps to prevent the sale of counterfeit goods on its web marketplace.
Chen Ou, CEO of Jumei.com, has requested that all suppliers add anti-counterfeiting code to their products to prevent the sale of phony goods. He says he will also buy more goods directly from well-known Western brands to prevent intermediaries from selling counterfeit goods on Jumei.com.
Lear MoreHow to avoid falling for counterfeit goods
The problem of counterfeiting is a huge one: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimates that counterfeiting generates a whopping $250 billion a year in criminal proceeds.There are many victims of this crime, including customers who receive subpar or non-working goods and services, and of course businesses.
“If you could make it, they can fake it,” says Robert Barchiesi, president of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition.
http://world.einnews.com/article/240608574/7PQIRsdKSSc-tod1
Lear MoreCustoms foils largest recent case of unmanufactured tobacco smuggling by transhipment
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Hong Kong Customs smashed a suspected smuggling case involving the transhipment of unmanufactured tobacco from Hong Kong International Terminals on December 10, resulting in the seizure of about 12 000 kilograms of unmanufactured tobacco. This was the largest smuggling case involving the transhipment of unmanufactured tobacco in the past decade.
Through intelligence and in-depth investigation, Hong Kong Customs identified and examined a 40-foot container, declared to contain signposts, on a river trade vessel from the Mainland destined for Australia. About 12 000 kilograms of unmanufactured tobacco were found in the container.
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Portuguese police dismantle tobacco smuggling ring
LISBON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) — Portugal’s National Republican Guard (GNR) police force has dismantled a tobacco smuggling ring and seized around 775,000 packets, or more than 15 million cigarettes, according to a statement on the GNR website. The GNR also seized 362,000 euros (444,753 U.S. dollars) in cash and two firearms in the operation, the statement said.
“The operation dismantled an organized crime group dedicated to importing smuggled tobacco, through national sea ports, with the aim of fraudulently introducing it into the consumer market, avoiding the payment of any kind of tax,” the GNR said.
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=259567
Lear MorePortuguese police dismantle tobacco smuggling ring
Portugal’s National Republican Guard (GNR) police force has dismantled a tobacco smuggling ring and seized around 775,000 packets, or more than 15 million cigarettes, according to a statement on the GNR website. The GNR also seized 362,000 euros (444,753 U.S. dollars) in cash and two firearms in the operation, the statement said.
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