Amazon, Snapdeal in US notorious markets list for counterfeiting and piracy

WASHINGTON: Not just Amazon, Snapdeal and four other Indian shopping areas have figured in the ‘Notorious Markets’ list for counterfeiting and piracy. The US trade representative’s (USTR) office also listed Tank Road in Delhi, Heera Panna in Mumbai, Kidderpore in Kolkata and Millennium Centre in Aizawl in the ‘notorious markets’ list.

Jeff Bezoz-run Amazon was left in shock when the Donald Trump administration put five of its foreign websites – India, Canada, the UK, Germany, France – on the “Notorious Markets” annual report for being havens for counterfeit products.

“The Trump Administration is committed to holding intellectual property rights violators accountable and to ensuring that American innovators and creators have a full and fair opportunity to use and profit from their work,” US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a statement late Wednesday. Details on page 10

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