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WFSGI program stops sale of $9 million-plus in counterfeit online listings

Published March 3, 2016

TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — The WFSGI's anti-counterfeiting program for the bike industry has eliminated more than 160,000 online listings for counterfeit bike products in the past three years, the group announced Thursday at the Taipei Cycle Show.

The program, conducted by Convey, an Italian company, monitors about 50 online platforms, including Alibaba, eBay and similar sites. Convey's Michele Provera said the program has stopped sales of counterfeit products worth more than 9 million euros ($9.8 million). About 85 brands, all WFSGI members, are participating in the program. 

"WFSGI members are protected," Provera said. "The counterfeiters have shifted to easier targets. ... The war is almost won."

Provera said the program is expanding to better protect more of brands' intellectual property.

"At the beginning we were focused on protecting trademarks, but we are expanding to protecting copyrights, design rights, and utility and design patents," he said. 

 

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