Knockoff News 60
A weekly (or thereabouts) collection of news about counterfeits, fakes, knockoffs, replicas, imitations, and the culture of copying in general around the globe:
- Mind the Gap: South African trademark holder gets injunction against US brand
- Flying high: American Eagle Outfitters awarded damages, injunction
- Alpha meets omega: Cartier awarded injunction in watch trade dress case
- Knight cap: Burberry seeks injunction against imported fakes
- Sunset: Burberry counterfeiters arrested in Japan
- Undressed down: Victoria's Secret sued for copyright infringement
- Stream of (non)commerce: Charity and customs auctions in China's anti-counterfeit law
- Play nice: US, China to share IPR data
- Stinker: Perfume manufacturer tortures maids, sues L'Oreal (HT: pMdM)
- Darwin's law: Evolving distribution systems thwart EU crackdown on fakes
- Kenyan official seeks enactment of tabled Counterfeits Bill
- Come together: OECD calls for greater cooperation in fight against fakes
- Oh my: Will counterfeit market evolve into economic warfare?
- Pepsodeath: When fakes kill
- Red tide: Fake fashion products flood Saigon Square
- Penalty box: NHL tries to put counterfeits on ice
- Don't do it: suspects in counterfeit Nike ring plead guilty
- Sink the Bismarck: South Dakota fake sellers guilty of money laundering
- Thinking cap: New Era Cap hires director of brand protection
- Client development: Policing the Net is a growth biz for IP lawyers
- How to knock off a Vuitton necklace
- Wordplay: Century 21 knocks off the House of Holland (Compare with this)
- Have some class: Florida paper examines legal, social aspects of buying fakes
- Blaming the victim? Huff Post blogger blames lux brands for fake trade
- Karaoke knights: Copyright enforcers target counterfeit song licensing in Thailand
And finally, joining the annals of careless copyright infringers is ex-jewelry company Real Imposters. Not only was the company name something less than a sign of a good faith creative enterprise, but its president admitted copying 26 John Hardy jewelry designs -- presumably skipping the step of creating hand-carved models.
Worse still, among the infringing objects was a cuff bracelet from John Hardy's Kali collection. Never mess with the jewelry of a goddess whose signature adornment is a necklace made of human skulls.
