Anti-Counterfeiting In E-Commerce In Russia: Current Practice And Trends

According to the Association of Internet Trade Companies (AKIT), in 2023 the volume of online trade in Russia increased by 27.5% and amounted to 6.4 trillion roubles. From 2019 to 2023, the Russian e-commerce market more than tripled.

This growth has triggered a series of amendments to Russian legislation in the e-commerce area, and the process is still ongoing. This situation also led to the increase of fakes in the Internet sales, especially on marketplaces, which inter alia raises legal responsibility issues of both sellers and marketplaces themselves.

The concept of the "owner of a product information aggregator" was introduced into the Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights in 2018. Marketplaces are defined by the Law as aggregators of information about goods or services that have a corresponding resource – software or website through which consumers can learn about goods or services and purchase them.