Knockoff News 49
A weekly (or thereabouts) collection of news about counterfeits, fakes, knockoffs, replicas, imitations, and the culture of copying in general around the globe:
- Pittsburgh pirates? Wholesalers sue Vuitton after receiving C&D (HT: Rich Schinnell)
- Should an adoptive parent who buys fakes while in China be worthy of keeping the child? (Debate continues here and here)
- 4 out of 4 lawyers agree: Web, demand aid fashion counterfeiters
- It's not cricket: World Cup tourney goods seized in Grenada
- Get real: Ohio State University students join anti-fake campaign
- Imagine that: Lawyer predicts anti-fake efforts to spread to Second Life
- Crime of fashion: Police seize counterfeits at Virginia mall
- Geneva convention: WIPO conference seeks new anti-fake strategies
- Panel: Global piracy issues a growing menace
- Official site: Third Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy
- ICC/BASCAP survey documents anti-counterfeiting efforts
- Tool time: New techniques spark 83% rise in U.S. Customs seizures
- The Couture Curtain: Russia, China cited as leading fake peril
- Kenya tax office targets businessmen, politicians for importing fakes
- Status quotidian: Fakes of non-luxury goods abound in Malaysia
- #$%?! tourists: Foreign buyers major source of Malaysian fake trade
- Growing pains: China pledges to stop counterfeit trade
- Elle to pay: Man fined 300 quid for selling fakes
- Diamonds are a lawyer's best friend:
- Dumpster diving: Puma blog posts pics of mass shoe shredding (HT: pMdM)
- Ten ways not to get ripped off on eBay
Le petit Musee des Marques highlights Adidas' Fake Hurts Real campaign -- click for more great pics!
