• Yes. Online sites like Amazon and eBay have launched brand protection programs and react quickly to remove listings of any infringing products.
• Yes. Industry bodies such as the Imaging Supplies Coalition (ISC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Amazon to fight against counterfeits and infringing products.
• Yes. Amazon is quick to respond to OEMs like Canon to remove infringing products as soon as they are reported.
• Yes. It is not really the responsibility of the sites like Amazon to police the products that are sold. This should be left to the legitimate industry and policing authorities to pursue.
• No. Online e-commerce platforms can do a lot more to check infringing aftermarket products before they go on sale.
• No. There should be more deterrents including the blacklisting of those found guilty of selling infringing products on Amazon.
• No. the e-commerce sites are making a lot of money out of the platform and should be fined and held more to account for any and all illegal activity on their watch.

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