The American Apparel & Footwear Association isurging the United States Trade Representative to add Taobao.com back to the notorious markets list, due to Alibaba's ineffective crackdown on fake goods on its e-commerce platform.

An American smoking tobacco paraphernalia company is ironically claiming Chinese counterfeits of its products can lead to safety issues.

Microsoft has signed an anti-piracy agreement with HP and Samsung to ensure the installation of genuine Windows and Office software on their PCs sold in the Chinese market.

Hong Kong Customs raided a warehouse in Tsuen Wan and stopped a local Internet website from selling counterfeit products to overseas buyers.

Cloudary, the Internet literature subsidiary of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, and Qihoo 360 have inked a strategic cooperation to jointly provide Internet literature search contents to Chinese users.

Coach, a leading American designer and maker of luxury lifestyle handbags and accessories, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Taobao.com, the Chinese Internet shopping subsidiary of Alibaba Group, to prevent the sale of fake Coach products on this Chinese website.

Chinese application service provider UC says it will sue Tencent, the Chinese Internet giant, for alleged unfair competitive practices.