News this week:
China’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba Group, announced it will partner with five
key Chinese government and law enforcement agencies to fight pirated goods
online and offline. These organisations will include the Ministry of Public Security, State Administration for Industry & Commerce,
General Administration of Quality
Supervision, State Intellectual Property
Office, and General Administration of
Press and Publication.
According to Alibaba at a company press conference, the
company will work with the Government through reporting criminal activity,
sharing of information, and professional training to identify and shut down
factories and other sources of pirated goods. Alibaba reportedly removed a
total of more than 94 million alleged infringing listings from its platforms in
2012.
Polo Shao, chief risk officer of Alibaba Group, said, “On
e-commerce platforms, every single transaction creates a record, and every
piece of information about sellers of counterfeit products is traceable. We are
very pleased to be cooperating and coordinating with the appropriate
governmental agencies on this important effort in offline and online
enforcement.”
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