On ZDNet.co.uk, Tom Espiner quotes networking-product resellers as saying that Cisco Systems Inc. is not taking enough action to stamp out the sale of counterfeit products on internet auction sites. Mike Sheldon, chief executive of reseller Network Hardware Resale, told ZDNet.co.uk that Cisco was unwilling to co-operate with resellers to investigate potentially counterfeit Cisco products being sold on auction sites such as eBay. Both Network Hardware Resale and the United Network Equipment Dealer Association (Uneda), a trade association of over 300 secondary-market network-equipment dealers, said they have contacted Cisco on a number of occasions over the past three years. Although Cisco confirmed that it had not been working in conjunction with Uneda, it said that it had been working with other organizations to tackle counterfeiting.
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