Knockoff News 25
A weekly (or thereabouts) collection of news about counterfeits, fakes, knockoffs, replicas, imitations, and the culture of copying in general around the globe:
- Fakes.gov: G8 leaders adopt web strategy to fight piracy and counterfeiting
- Text of G8 anti-piracy statement (plus praise for Canada's commitment)
- Spinning their wheels: Heelys' maker losing millions to knockoffs, counterfeits
- Over-the-counter-terrorism: Hezbollah allegedly funded by sale of counterfeits
- Branded: Counterfeit clothing merchant had Hezbollah tattoo
- Mid-East bulletin: Help on the way for Lebanese victims . . . of fakes
- Red flag: Chinese auction site's anti-fake strategy targets suspect low-price goods
- Kenya anti-counterfeiting bill seeks to roast counterfeiters
- YKKaper: Fake zippers seized, destroyed in Vietnam
- Vietnam's new IP law takes effect
- Not tonight, dear: Fakes a real headache in EU
- Counterfeits Czar: New Jersey native fights fakes in Russia
- Tips for buying safely online
- Street fashion blogs capture trends
- Not whistling Dixie: South Carolina strengthens anti-counterfeiting law
- Consumer reports: Apparel companies use tip lines, other strategies to fight fakes
- Tag, you're "it": Designer labels attached to knockoffs at point of sale
- Project Knockoff scandal recalls Balenciaga copying "mistake"
- Slam-dunked: Busted robbers rat out Chelsea crew dealing in Nike Air fakes
- Tanzania flooded by fakes
- Busted: Los Angeles, Dubai, Tanzania
- German government discusses anti-piracy measures for protecting the "Land of Ideas"
- She'd rather go naked than wear fakes: Supermodel Claudia Schiffer promotes "Germany -- Land of Ideas" (additional pictures here)
