Update: Here are the statements provided by Amazon India & Flipkart to MediaNama. Amazon India said that they have not yet received a notice from the court. We take the issue of fake & counterfeit products being sold on our marketplace by sellers very seriously. Sellers are mandated to sell only genuine and original products on Amazon.in and they sign an undertaking to do so. If it is brought to our notice that sellers are using our marketplace platform to sell fake or counterfeit products, we work with the sellers to bring such products down from our website. In case of repeated offenders we do not hesitate to take strict action and may even go to the extent of delisting them from our marketplace. A Flipkart spokesperson said that: Flipkart is a marketplace which helps sellers connect with customers across the country. All our sellers are expected to adhere to certain guidelines if they sell with us. Any violation of these guidelines is taken very seriously. We take strict action against sellers who attract negative feedback about their service or are found to be engaged in selling products that are fake, in violation of copyright or any other applicable laws of the land. Earlier: Pan-India saree distributor Shree Meena Creations has filed a lawsuit against Flipkart, Amazon and eBay, along with about two dozen sellers on these marketplaces for allegedly selling replicas of its copyrighted sarees, reports The Economic Times. The lawsuit was filed on March 20, 2015, but hasn't…
