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Feds Seize Over 20,500 Domain Names For Selling Counterfeit Products

Counterfeiting is a form of trademark infringement that involves the manufacturing and/or distribution of fake lookalike branded products with a primary purpose to confuse or dupe consumers into buying them. The operation, dubbed “Operation in Our Sites-Project TransAtlantic VIII,” is a coordinated effort by the U.S., European, South American and Asian law enforcement agencies targeting websites and their operations that sell counterfeit goods. Europol has not yet disclosed names of seized domains in its press release, and a spokesperson told The Hacker News that the “.”

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/counterfeit-product-websites.html

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