China Attempts Crackdown on Counterfeits with Shutdown of Xymarket.cn store site

[mandy]

Shanghai authorities have shut down an online store named for a downtown market notorious for selling counterfeit products.

The Chinese-language Web site, http://www.xymarket.cn, had advertised counterfeit products similar to those found in Xiangyang Road market, an open-air bazaar popular among tourists for its wide selection of bargain-priced, "name brand" t-shirts, shoes, coats and other items...

Xiangyang market's thriving business has been one among many signs of the Chinese government's inability to fully enforce pledges to crack down on piracy of trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property...

full article: http://www.heraldsun.com/technology/33-719027.html

[maggie777]

I'd be very happy if they cracked down on fakes.