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4 th Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy - February 2008. The growing problem of the sale of counterfeit and pirated products via the Internet. Global Results 07. Per Day: 28 raids conducted 89 new actions instituted 2,8 websites shut down. E-commerce of counterfeits.
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4th Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy - February 2008
The growing problem of the sale of counterfeit and pirated products via the Internet
Global Results 07 • Per Day: • 28 raids conducted • 89 new actions instituted • 2,8 websites shut down
E-commerce of counterfeits • How and where can illegitimate e-commerce be controlled? • What are, or should be, the obligations of Internet Service Providers to assist in reducing counterfeit sales? • What are the priorities for decision makers and enforcement authorities? A global responsibility
A global responsibility Urgent need of cooperation from ISPs • Registrars • Domaining (traffic captured from users typing urls in the navigation bar) • Fake Whois • Spamming redirecting to infringing websites • Telecommunication companies hosting websites (ie: China Telecom) • Search Engines • Infringing keywords • Spamdexing (fraudulent Search Engine Optimization to artificially inflate search rankings) • Other facilitators: Trade boards, auction sites, courier and shipping companies • Payment facilities
1. Registrars & Domaining Domainer Aggregator Internet user Advertising companies (pay per click) Infringing website
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2. Registrars & Fake Whois http://whois.domaintools.com/viutton.com
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4. Search engines & Infringing keywords Left side: Natural Visibility First 2 hits = LV Right side: Sponsored Links
Conclusion What should be the priorities for decision makers and enforcement authorities? • Make this battle a top priority ! • Strengthen the legal framework (i.e. no current notice and take down mechanisms in Canada and China for trademarks) • Enhance the level of international cooperation between private and public sectors on the enforcement side • Develop and implement worldwide the contributory liability theory in order to generate more … … proactivecooperation !