Knockoff News 66
A weekly (or thereabouts) collection of news about counterfeits, fakes, knockoffs, replicas, imitations, and the culture of copying in general around the globe:
- Four horsemen: Ralph Lauren sends C&D to Polistas
- Conflict of laws: eBay won't change practices despite German court mandate
- Original Rolex v. eBay court decision (in German)
- Surrender monkey business: Likelihood of Confusion reports
- Pen pals: How LVMH prefers to handle fakes on eBay (HT: pMdM)
- Must read: Report analyzes French draft law on the fight against counterfeiting
- Global village: Foreign fakes hurt local manufacturers
- Poor laws: Wealthy states urged to help others enforce anti-piracy statutes
- Red alert: Manchester United takes on fakes in the Far East
- Yellow card: FIFA warns South Africa about 2010 World Cup fakes
- Ghana unites in anti-piracy fight
- Is that a fake in your pocket?
- Phish fry: Cartier joins fight against domain name infringers
- Name game: Emilio Pucci and Emidio Tucci
- Black eye: L'Oreal slammed for false lashes in Penelope Cruz mascara ad
- Progresso: Interview discusses Italy's anti-counterfeiting measures
- LCD: Tasteless ads erase difference between fakes and "classy" goods
- Caveat emptor: The true cost of buying fake goods
- Jah mon: Should Caribbean be wary of Chinese goods?
- Busted: Renee Zellweger bought fake bag in Hong Kong
- Tricky: Fakes hurt sneaker boutique biz in Chicago
- Hot Topic bites Rockett Clothing
- Re-cut and print: Forever 21 uses Anna Sui design (again)
- Teach the children well: School dress code praised for enabling kids to wear cheap knockoffs
- Southern justice: Alabama lawyer says jury won't convict fake seller for hurting rich designers
- The real thing: Early Coca-Cola fountain ad focused on fakes
- Identity theft: Confidence games on Canal Street
- Sounding the Horyn: Designers complain "more and more" about copies
- Police report
- Liverpool fake soccer shirts seized weeks before authentic versions released
- Aly Baba and the fake designer thieves
- Houston fake seller cops plea while husband on the run
- Chicago's bargain basement
- Fashionista cop leads raid in New York town
- Director of fake-ridden market guilty of money laundering
- Counterfeits seized in Manchester
- Counterfeit gang pleads out of jail
- Beijing's Silk Street market yields more fakes
And finally, a screenshot honoring a much-loved small screen series that has become one of this summer's big screen events:
- The Pirate Bay celebrates the first Simpsons Movie cam torrent in its own fashion
