Knockoff News 68
A weekly (or thereabouts) collection of news about counterfeits, fakes, knockoffs, replicas, imitations, and the culture of copying in general around the globe:
- The Godmother: Mexico City great-grandma protects local counterfeit trade
- Lawn care: Knockoff fabric prints in Pakistan hurt designers
- Route of all evil: Court limits damages when counterfeits seized before reaching market
- Customs 2.0: Kenya invests in new tech to catch counterfeits
- Fashion city: Bangkok must eradicate fakes for industry to thrive
- No excuses: Jordan municipality cracks down on counterfeit traders
- Rising sun: Japan seizes record numbers of fakes, arrests Israeli dealers
- Search and destroy: Croatia adopts new Customs regulation against IPR infringement
- Double Baedeker: A guide to counterfeits in Bulgaria
- Czech mark: CR officials announce progress against piracy
- Culture vultures: Indian festival in Belfast features display of counterfeits
- Shanghaied: Chinese court fines French distributor, Chinese manufacturers of fake Nikes
- French dressing: Counterfeit trade flourishes in Marseille (HT: pMdM)
- Sandstorm: Phony goods bad for business in Dubai
- Foot patrol: German biz reps cite shoe fake flood in urging new action on China
(HT: MarkenBlog) - Britain, Britain, Britian: The rise of the imitation industry
- Warning shots: Fake traders in UK getting the message
- Shameless: Canadian consumers feel no compunction about buying fakes
- False religion: Omaha store offers refund after discount jeans confirmed fake
- Seeing stars: Lee rips Threadless
- Ground zero: Team Nihilist copies same Threadless design
- Achtung: New German anti-counterfeiting site
- Turkey trot: Gucci prevents registration of GUJI mark
- Trade undress: Suicide Girls vs. God's Girls
- Triple play: TTAB sorts through rival Paper Doll marks
- Conference call: Roundtable examines new Belgian anti-counterfeiting law
- Book 'em report: Blog covers Seattle anti-counterfeiting forum
- Ticked off: How to spot a fake Rolex
- Dawg tired: Crocs "alternative" asks, "Is Toyota a knockoff of Ford?"
- Police report:
And finally, Counterfeit Chic readers may remember Jessica Kagan Cushman's bracelets, made of fossilized mammoth ivory and allegedly copied by Chanel in resin (and by others in plastic and magic marker). Not only did Jessica craft a witty scrimshaw response to Chanel, but she also decided to knock herself off with a less expensive resin diffusion line.
Now Style Fix reports that Forever 21, hearing that there was copying afoot and feeling left out, has created a plastic version of its own:
Congratulations on winning the race to the bottom -- for now.
