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Is the third party e-commerce trade platform operator such as eBay or Taobao liable for IPR infringement when there is counterfeit product sold on the Web site? This article wants to examine relevant legislation and do some case studies abroad and in China. In addition to the conclusive remark on relevant legislation and judicial decision abroad and in China, this article tends to support the healthy development of third party e-commerce trading platforms in China.
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Hu, W., Guo, Y. (2015). Combating Against Counterfeit: Third Party E-commerce Trade Platform’s Liability Analysis. In: Guo, Y. (eds) Research on Selected China's Legal Issues of E-Business. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44542-6_22
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