Re:U.S. Blacklists Alibaba Unit Over Counterfeit Sales
by yaur on Thursday December 22, 2016 @12:00PM
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I think the correct way to contact them in this case is to have your lawyer send them a nastygram.
Re:U.S. Blacklists Alibaba Unit Over Counterfeit Sales
by MertsA on Thursday December 22, 2016 @01:13PM
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Just because you only have one authorized distributor does not in any way mean that stock being sold by another party is counterfeit. After your product is sold there's nothing preventing the buyer from reselling it themselves. Clearly a lot of products are most likely counterfeit but assuming they are with no proof is the same draconian logic used by all of those copyright protection firms that send out automated DMCA takedowns without a human ever reviewing the takedown first.
Re:U.S. Blacklists Alibaba Unit Over Counterfeit Sales
by r1ch on Thursday December 22, 2016 @01:20PM
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That would be the case if they were actually reselling our items, but they're all taking our logo and putting it on print-on-demand t-shirts, hats, mousepads etc. I've not found a single listing that's even remotely close to a resold product.
To my surprise, it is far easier to get our counterfeits removed from Alibaba than Amazon. You get a checkbox on the product list where you can simply check the box, then "report selected".