Luxury Goods Dealers Sue Alibaba For Selling Fake Alibaba Denied

Many companies in France Open Cloud group Luxury goods On the 16 day, the manufacturer jointly sued Alibaba group in New York, saying its shopping website deliberately allowed counterfeit makers to sell counterfeit products of their brands around the world. This is the second time that the brand of Kai Yun group has filed a lawsuit against Alibaba in the less than a year. The Alibaba denies the above allegations. A staff member of the group told reporters 17 days ago that the company would respond positively.

It is reported that a number of international luxury brands such as Gucci and Saint Laurent were filed in the federal court of Manhattan in the Alibaba. They accused Alibaba of conspiring with counterfeiters to fabricate their brand counterfeit products and providing sales and distribution platforms without obtaining such luxury brand licensing. These businesses lodged claims and requested a ban on the alleged Alibaba's violation of trademarks and anti fraud laws.

Last July, the brand of Kai Yun group had prosecuted Alibaba for selling fake goods online. BBC reported that the latest lawsuit said Alibaba and its associated entities sell counterfeit products to American customers for counterfeiters to provide "online platform advertising and other essential services". For example, a Chinese businessman sells more than 2000 counterfeits. Gucci brand handbag The wholesale price ranges from $2 to $5, while the retail price of the genuine Gucci handbag is $795. The lawsuit said Alibaba still allowed counterfeit goods to continue selling when they were told clearly that these businesses were selling counterfeit products.

"Kai Yun group's unilateral accusation has no basis," Alibaba group said in a statement to the media on 16 th, that the group has been working with many brands to protect intellectual property rights and achieved good results. Unfortunately, the group has adopted unilateral litigation measures instead of developing constructive cooperation with Alibaba to solve this problem.

Alibaba also referred to the lawsuit " Alibaba In response to the statement that the counterfeiters conspire to produce fake goods and assist in the sale and transportation of fake goods, it is said that Ali's AE (fast selling) and other international commodity trading platforms never produce goods, and the accusation has no basis and will retain the right to follow up corresponding legal actions. A staff member of the group told reporters 17 days ago that Alibaba law will prepare materials according to legal procedures and actively respond to complaints.

Reuters commented that although the office of the US trade representative had removed Taobao from the notorious market list in 2012 due to the progress made by Alibaba in the fight against counterfeiting, concerns about counterfeit goods on Alibaba's shopping website, including Taobao, have not been eliminated. Alibaba group staff provided the company's data to the global times on 17 th. From January 1, 2013 to November 30, 2014, Alibaba has invested more than 1 billion yuan in protecting consumers' rights and interests and counterfeiting counterfeits. In the first three quarters of 2014, the company took up 6 million links of infringing goods with the brand owners, and handled 1000 cases of infringement of intellectual property rights with all levels of administrative law enforcement departments. The amount involved was nearly 600 million yuan.

Why is Kai Yun group prosecuting Alibaba for the two time in less than 1 years? An insider in the industry is accepting journalists on the 17 th.

The interview speculated that this may be related to the bad earnings of Kai Yun, and when they explain to shareholders, they need a scapegoat. Agence France-Presse reported that according to court records, because of the agreement between Kai Yun group and Alibaba, the prosecution of Alibaba's brand in July last year was temporarily cancelled.

Wang Tai Li, senior partner of Tianda Republican law firm, told reporters 17 days ago that Alibaba group was sued in the United States for legal risks foreseen on the day of its listing in the US. If Alibaba group achieves the standard of world-class enterprises in terms of commodity quality, the US law will ease some of its "picky". But Alibaba group, as an electronic commerce empire with a large market value, will have a headache if it does not take into account the essential details of the business. Such legal risks need to be faced by enterprises themselves.