The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) praised today’s release of the 2021 Review of Notorious Markets by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). Unsafe counterfeits lurk everywhere we turn, including a number of trusted, and emerging, e-commerce platforms. Year over year, we are pleased that USTR — and other...
Feb 22, 2022
AAFA submitted comments to the Office of the United States Trade Representative recommending platforms and marketplaces – including Facebook and Instagram – for Notorious Market designations. The American Apparel & Footwear Association cited significant increases in the availability of counterfeit products via social media in its submission for...
Oct 12, 2021
The American Apparel & Footwear Association applauded the introduction of the “Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act” (INFORM Consumers Act) today. The bill aims to increase online marketplace transparency and accountability to combat the rapidly growing problem of counterfeit and stolen goods sold...
Mar 24, 2021
The American Apparel & Footwear Association submitted comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today regarding secondary trademark infringement liability in the e-commerce setting. Given the staggering and simultaneous growth in the share of sales by e-commerce, online sales of fake products are a major contributor to the...
Jan 28, 2021
For the second year running, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has included foreign domains owned and operated by Amazon.com, Inc., in its submission for the 2019 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets. Managed by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the report identifies foreign physical and online...
Oct 3, 2019
The American Apparel & Footwear Association included certain Amazon marketplaces in its submission to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) identifying foreign markets that facilitate the sale of counterfeits. The submission was part of USTR’s 2018 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets, which identifies...
Oct 3, 2018
January 12, 2018 – Today the American Apparel & Footwear Association praised the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) following the release of the 2017 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets. The annual report identifies physical and online marketplaces that reportedly engage in and facilitate substantial copyright piracy...
Jan 15, 2018
After neglecting to take its internal counterfeit problems seriously, Chinese company Alibaba and its other e-commerce platforms are being called out. The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) and 17 other additional industry organizations have officially called for the company to be listed as a Notorious Market. Recently,...
Oct 30, 2016
The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA), known throughout the fashion industry as the national trade association, recently has decided to re-list one of the most common e-commerce platforms as a Notorious Market. AAFA has called out Chinese company Alibaba and its other e-commerce platforms due to its failure to meet rules and...
Oct 12, 2016
The U.S. government is taking a stand against counterfeits. In a release by the American Apparel & Footwear Association, it was made clear that the U.S. government had sent a “strong warning” to Alibaba to clean up its act on counterfeits. The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has been upset about this issue for a while. “AAFA...
Dec 26, 2015
