U.S. trade officials acknowledged steps by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to curb the sale of counterfeit goods on the Chinese company’s Taobao.com platform but left the e-commerce site on the list of “notorious markets” that the U.S. deems deficient in preventing intellectual-property violations. According to the annual piracy report, Alibaba has “taken some steps to curb the offer and sale of infringing products” but small and medium-size businesses say problems remain with the procedures for flagging and removing counterfeit goods from Taobao.
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