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Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit & Prada celebrate victory against global counterfeiting

Amazon's Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU), together with the Prada Group and other luxury brands, have won a landmark case in the global fight against counterfeiters. In a groundbreaking decision, a Chinese court ruled in favor of Amazon's CCU and the Prada Group, basing the counterfeiter's guilty plea primarily on overseas sales data related to...

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Alibaba's Jack Ma cancels speech at IACC conference

London - Jack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has cancelled an upcoming speech at the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) following the suspension of Alibaba's membership last week. Ma was set to give a keynote speech at the spring conference on Thursday, but cancelled his attendance when...

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Gucci exits anti counterfeiting group IACC after Alibaba joins

London - Luxury Italian fashion house Gucci has left the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC), a Washington DC based group after it opened its membership to “intermediaries” and allowed Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to become a member last month. Gucci notified the IACC of its intention and exit the group earlier this month,...