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The world of camera accessories is vast and diverse but not everyone is playing the same game.
Some shady outfits specialize in making counterfeit products intended to dupe the purchaser into spending good money on a shoddy bit of kit.
And given how sensitive some equipment is, using something that is just slightly off-spec can have devastating consequences.
But when the fakes look so good you could swear that they were real, what is a consumer to do?
Luckily for us, we’re not the only people involved in this scam; companies like Canon and Amazon are also on the hook because, more often than not, they have to clean up the messes left behind by these products.
After all, people thought they were getting the real deal and a recent court ruling in the United States sided with the aforementioned firms when it came to selling fakes.
Canon U.S.A., Inc.’s Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel Seymour Liebman said of the win, “Our anti-counterfeiting strategy which, in part, involves partnering with Amazon to sue counterfeiters who attempt to sell counterfeit goods on Amazon’s marketplace is meant to demonstrate to all American consumers that the trust and confidence they have given to Canon when buying our high quality and reliable products is precious to us. We will not tolerate the fraud perpetrated on consumers and our brand by counterfeiters.”
The lawsuit was against 29 accounts, each selling counterfeit Canon equipment. Of course, as we all know, that’s a drop in the bucket compared to what is out there. It also explains the emphasis many companies place on going through official retail channels.
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