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China launches anticounterfeit legislation

October 1, 2018

China has rolled out new anticounterfeiting legislation which will place more responsibility on ecommerce sites like Alibaba and Pinduoduo. The legislation holds ecommerce platforms “jointly responsible for counterfeit goods sold by third parties on their site,” TBO reports. The proposed legislation was adopted on 31 August 2018, with article 41 stating that ecommerce platforms “must […]