Amazon takes counterfeit sellers to court for first time

Amazon.com is taking sellers of counterfeit goods on its site to court for the first time.

The e-commerce giant's move come after a number of businesses on Amazon voiced concern that knockoffs were killing their sales and endangering consumers.

Amazon sued a group of sellers for infringing on athletic training equipment developed by TRX. A second suit targets sellers offering fake versions of a patented moving product called Forearm Forklift.

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