Knockoff News 67
A weekly (or thereabouts) collection of news about counterfeits, fakes, knockoffs, replicas, imitations, and the culture of copying in general around the globe:
- Hat trick: Teen sues over copy of her fashionable photo on porn DVD
- On the brink: U.S./China tensions escalate at WTO
- False economy: China's revival is fake
- Echo chamber: Is China's growth counterfeit?
- iClone: Behind the scenes in China's tech, fashion counterfeit industry
- Secondhand nose: Robin Givhan on authentication and Portero
- Guilt by association: Louis Vuitton lover flees Canal Street (Thanks, Gil!)
- Biker chic: Motorcyclists warned against fake Harley-Davidson accessories
- Trademark Waterloo: Iowa "trendsetters" flock to cheap knockoff bags
- Pocket docket: Newspaper reviews recent UK fashion copycat lawsuits
- Glam slam: Tiffany wins injunction and cash against Starglam, Inc.
- Everybody's doing it: OECD notes shift in fakes from luxury to consumer goods
- Monitoring the market: Uganda newspaper investigates burgeoning counterfeit trade
- Trade deficit: Proposed Uganda anti-piracy bill could reduce profits, tax revenues
- Thrill killer: Consumer delight at saving money funds terror
- Blog no evil: Ethics column readers say they don't buy fakes
- Fighting the good fight: Knockoffs hurt more than just the rich
- Dystopian fiction: Usual suspects defend design piracy
- Summer sale spectacular: Malaysian government touts bargains, real and fake
- Hooked on fakes: NY state official carries cheap Prada knockoff while fighting addiction
- Tech support: VP of IDGLOBAL speaks on anti-counterfeiting markers
- Fighting Elini: Frank Muller wins restraining order against imitation watches
- Beach bash: Fight erupts over "Miami Fashion Week" name
- Performance mart: The counterfeit buyer as "confidence man"
- Zero times two: Team Nihilist mirrors Sixten street art
- Antisocial enterprise: Johnson & Johnson sues the Red Cross over first aid kit sales (Thanks, Nancy and Dara!)
- Oops, she did it again: Britney Spears busted for carrying fake Chanel bag
- Police report
- Fake Lee jeans in the Philippines
- Three women arrested in Newport News raid
- Car crash exposes counterfeit seller
- Bad customer: Ripped-off police officer sparks Rehoboth Beach raid
- Yankee go home: New York fake seller arrested in Tennessee
- High/low: Flea market yields fake Vuitton, Dior and Warner Brothers jewelry
And if you're sitting at your desk and daydreaming about the feeling of sand between your toes, this message is for you:
