Alibaba launches English version of counterfeit reporting systemAugust 7, 2015 - 11:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has launched an English-language version of TaoProtect, one of its counterfeit reporting system. Used on Tmall and Taobao (Alibaba’s top B2C and B2B platforms, respectively) TaoProtect lets merchants report listings that infringe on copyrights, patents, and trademarks, TechCrunch reports. The online sale of imported goods, called cross-border e-commerce, is an important growth segment for Chinese e-commerce companies like Alibaba and rival JD.com, thanks to an increase in disposable income and the perception that products, especially toiletries and food, made overseas are safer. In order to facilitate cross-border transactions, Alibaba isinvesting heavily in its international logistics network. Winning the trust of foreign vendors, however, is just as important. As is inevitable for any e-commerce platform of its size, Alibaba has struggled to police counterfeits. This has resulted in headaches like a lawsuit filed by Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, and other luxury brands that alleged Alibaba allowed knock-offs on its sites and a highly publicized run-in with China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) after the government agency published a white paper (later removed from its website) accusing Alibaba of not doing enough to prevent illegal activities on its sites, TechCrunch says. Tmall and Taobao have a combined total of 10 million active sellers, which makes it hard to catch all knock-offs. By making TaoProtect more accessible to Western sellers, however, Alibaba might be able to assuage some of their concerns and attract more brands to its platforms. The company already has tools in place, including big-data analytics that identify suspicious listings and where they originate, that have enabled it to take measures like the purge of 90 million suspicious listings before its initial public offering last fall. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |