RTM Events

January 9 · Lahore, Pakistan

RT EOS Imaging Show 2020

January 11–12 · Lahore, Pakistan

May 11 · Manchester, United Kingdom

May 13 · Amsterdam, the Netherlands

May 15 · Paris, France

June 3–5 · Moscow, Russia

June 9–11 · Shanghai, China

July 3 · Buenos Aires, Argentina

July 6 · Sao Paulo, Brazil

July 9 · Lima, Peru

October 15–17 · Zhuhai, China

November 16 · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

November 19 · Algiers, Algeria

November 23 · Lagos, Nigeria

Are tech giants like Amazon doing enough to police their platforms against infringing or fraudulent products?

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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