Knockoff News 70
A weekly (or thereabouts) collection of news about counterfeits, fakes, knockoffs, replicas, imitations, and the culture of copying in general around the globe:
- What the dickens?! UK exports fake fashion to charity abroad
- Walking the talk: Atlanta fakes don't go to charity due to trademark infringement
- Picture imperfect: Photoshoppers fake luxe goods for online contest
- Forbidden Louvre: Le Petit Musee des Marques offers gallery of fakes
- Unholy trinity: Why Christian trademark knockoffs are sinful
- Caught on tape: State fair vendor expelled after claiming fake bags were real
- Law fails to stop flood of fakes in Tanzania
- Crime and punishment: Vietnam officials call for stiffer penalties for piracy
- Cuckoo for counterfeits: German customs museum displays seized fakes
- Luxury wave: LVMH South Asia prez pleased with anti-counterfeiting progress in India
- Marked up: Trademark lawsuit helps small New Zealand designer
- Rings around the market: Fake Olympic goods abound in China
- Warsaw pact: Poland strengthens anti-counterfeiting law
- Zeitgeist: Canadian critic questions reported value of counterfeit trade
- Numbers guy: ICC SecGen defends counterfeiting damage estimates
- Facts and figures: Slashdotters weigh in on counterfeit numbers debate
- Deep background: "All counterfeiting statistics are BS"
- The empire strikes back: Red Cross cites federal charter as defense in J&J lawsuit
- Reverse engineering: Old Navy knocks off Motif 56
- Freudian slip? Memoirist claims all creative professionals plagiarize
- News update: Disney cracks down on Chinese amusement park knockoff
- All the world's a stage: Does Chinese video show a fake bust of a fake seller?
- Fool's gold: The real price of designer fakes
- Nano, nano: Technology and brand protection
- Police report:
- Good fence makes bad employee for NYC counterfeit importers
- Fake sports goods raid makes news in Blackburn, Lancashire
- Flying high: Taiwan police seize fake fashion, kites
- UK eBay counterfeit sellers raided in the real world
- Video killed the UK eBay auction star
- Fake Nike conspirators indicted in Buffalo
- Air raid: Fake Nike sellers busted in Delaware
- Another fake Nike seller arrested in Illinois
- Fake Nike World: More sneaker thieves arrested in New York's Hudson Valley
- Purse partier faces prison in California
- Tennessee raids net results
And finally, what's the story with caveman chic? First there was the ad campaign for Geico (below inset), which became an ABC sitcom. Are the characters now moonlighting as sportswear models, or is the Weatherproof ad below a licensed use? And who owns the characters' images anyway -- the ad agency? the insurance company who originally paid for the ads? the TV network? the actors? Of course, the basic concept of a modern-day caveman isn't new, but must they all share the same stylist? More here and here.
Authorized copy or not, someone should club this trend over the head before it spreads any further.
