Beijing has banned the sale of a further 25 luxury brand name products outside of department stores in an attempt to strengthen copyright protection in the capital.
If any products from a list of 48 luxury brands were found at outlets such as market stalls, the people selling them would be treated as trademark violators, the Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce said. Stall operators have also been warned by the managers of eight of the city's markets.
A joint statement was released yesterday saying retailers would receive a warning for a first offence and would lose their stalls if luxury brands were found a second time.
Last July the watchdog released a list of 23 brand names barred from sale in markets, including Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Chanel and Prada.
The director of the administration's trademark supervision office, Zhang Guohong , said his office had received calls from brands wanting to be included in the list.
'We chose brands that were being seriously violated, and they also had to be recognised as top, luxury brands,' he said.