A weekly (or thereabouts) collection of news about counterfeits, fakes, knockoffs, replicas, imitations, and copying in general from around the globe:

• Japanese law fans designer fake trade
• Sweet victory for Ferrero Rocher in China
• Bag, Borrow or Steal tries to grab knockoff market
• Get the scoop on fake watches at Replica Watch Report
• False memories, or at least memorabilia
• The Maltese Sneaker:  Nike, Adidas counterfeits seized
• Braveshot:  Scottish whiskeymakers fight fake Scotch
• Motorcycle shop exposes counterfeits on eBay
• Counterfeit vaccines frustrate China's flu fight
• Counterfeit Islamic holy water floods Britain

And because where there's an issue, there's a New Yorker ready to express an opinion:

• Is zoning the answer to knockoffs in New York?