With Apple and other manufacturers complaining about fraudsters selling fake and dangerous knockoffs, members of the House of Representatives pressed executives from Amazon and EBay to take decisive action at a hearing Wednesday.
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers urged Amazon.com Inc. and EBay Inc. executives to take stronger actions against third-party vendors who sell fake, stolen or unsafe goods on their shopping websites.
Companies that complain their products are being unfairly counterfeited are up against digital marketplaces that say they work to combat fake merchandise, but have acknowledged that they don’t catch every listing. Jeff Myers, Apple Inc.’s senior director for intellectual property, said fraudulent sellers often use the iPhone-maker’s name, logo and designs to deceive customers and sell products with compromised performance and safety.
Lawmakers, President Trump and internet companies are exploring new measures to curb the proliferation of fake goods from air bags to bicycles from being sold online. Republicans on the committee praised the Trump administration’s policies on counterfeit goods, while also raising alarms about the sheer volume of fake products flowing from China into the American marketplace.
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