Amazon, AAFA Square Off over Notorious Markets List
The American Apparel and Footwear Association has again recommended the Office of United States Trade Representative place several Amazon stores on its Notorious Markets list of foreign marketplaces engaged in or facilitating piracy and counterfeiting. In addition to the foreign extensions recommended in 2018 - amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom), amazon.ca (Canada) and amazon.de (Germany) – it added amazon.fr (France) and amazon.in (India) to its 2019 list. AAFA also asked the USTR to expand the process to include U.S.-based online and physical markets, saying that in recent years its “members have flagged markets within the United States that exemplify global counterfeiting and ... Log in to view full article.