Online bonanza to counterfeiters

Amazon may be responsible for selling fake Christian Louboutin shoes, the European Court of Justice has ruled, sending two cases back to lower courts for final judgement
  
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Selected counterfeit items from third-party vendors
 
1 2019: Nike discontinues sales after Amazon fails to stop knock-offs

2 2021: Amazon and Salvatore Ferragamo jointly file lawsuits against alleged counterfeiters

3 Expired foods: Including baby formula, from third parties

4 2022: Amazon and Cartier file lawsuits over fake jewellery

5 HydroFlask bottles made from  cheaper, unregulated materials
       
6 Fake “Ove” Gloves.” Originals protect hands up to 280°C

7 Counterfeit Felco Secateurs

8 2023: Courts in Luxembourg and Belgium will decide whether Amazon has breached Christian Louboutin’s intellectual property


2020: Amazon launches Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU) to take action against fake products

58% of listings on Amazon are for items sold by third-party vendors

2020: Just 21 product types from China’s Counterfeit Silk Road account for 60.7% of all contraband goods entering U.S., costing $54.1 billion in sales

2021: CCU blocks 4 billion counterfeit listings and removes more than 3 million phoney products from Amazon website
                

Sources: Amazon, Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business 
Pictures: Companies 
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