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

• Overheard in Chinatown:  Bootleg history
• Settlement?  Target case closed after Coach IDs distributor of counterfeit bag
• Robble robble robble:  Recipe burglars spur calls for culinary copyright 
• Police squad:  Louisville police use anti-theft team to fight fakes
• Search & seizure: 
• California
• Pennsylvania
• Greece 
• Operation Buzzard (UK)
• Tacori sues jeweler for copyright & trade dress infringement

And it's not really the World Series, but for fellow baseball fans it might as well be:

• Cap daze:  Detroit Tigers fake seller strikes out
• Catch that Tiger (pics below)