Knockoff News 73
A weekly (or thereabouts) collection of news about counterfeits, fakes, knockoffs, replicas, imitations, and the culture of copying in general around the globe:
- Copy machine: Fops and Dandies trains a disdainful monocle on knockoffs
- Anti-counterfeiting conference in London
- One-off ripoff: Copying plagues emerging designers in India
- Nuts: Hershey tries to censor "Sometimes You Feel Like a Slut"
- Biting the fans that feed 'em: Did Consumed column spark Crocs C&D?
- Calling Jack Bauer: LA counterfeit sellers linked to terrorists, Mexican gangs
- LA law report: Fashion designers take on the pirates
- The real war on terror: Bush should have fought fakes, not Saddam
- Community watch: East African Community joins war on fakes
- Self-inflicted wound: Uganda trade minister calls on biz to take action against fakes
- Fraternal twins: Senators introduce two Intellectual Property Enforcement Acts
- Women's lib: Dubai holds IPR seminar for female shoppers
- Naked truth: Brazilian report sees link between ecommerce, piracy
- Progress report: DOJ recounts success, gives recommendations to Senate panel
- House of secrets: Private homes, hidden shops emerge as China's new counterfeit market
- Number's up: Single serial betrays campus seller of fake Abercrombie and Fitch
- Race track: NASCAR fights counterfeits with holograms
- Special report: Pacific News team examines counterfeit trade in Guam
- Part 2: Pacific News interviews Guam Customs
- Manila extract: Why fabulous fakes aren't so fabulous
- Oasis: Sharjah emirate seizes, destroys counterfeits
- Desert rose: New Dubai anti-counterfeiting law to take effect this year
- Powering up: New Zealand seeks to strengthen Customs' ability to fight fakes
- Kodak moment: Camera company's security spinoff touts anti-counterfeiting tech
- Civic responsibility: York takes measures to protect public from fakes
- Special Ops: Skin care brands hire security firm to fight fakes, grey market goods
- Thin mint: India company markets RFID chip
- ShopBopped: Rachel Pally copies Derek Lam
- Extra large: Counterfeit backhoe wows presidential trade delegation in China
- St. Louis blues: Reporter advises bargaining for lower fake Rolex price
- Tattle tale: Fake Birkin or fake friend?
- DiLuxx: Chloe knocked off once again
- Merit badge: NC police receive Trademark Protector Award
- Thought of the day: Are counterfeit products eBay's responsibility?
- Ghost story: Tiffany exec describes eBay fake sellers as "phantasms"
- Police report:
- Tattoo terror: LA raid nabs suspect with Hezbollah tattoo
- St. Louis blues: Prison sentence for Missouri couple in counterfeit case
- Scale of justice: UK fake trader gets £500 fine
- Khat's cradle: Utica investigation nets narcotics and counterfeit clothes
- High times: Marijuana, fakes found in traffic stop
- Phuket bags millions in fakes
- Marianas trenchcoat: Fake Vuitton seller arrested in Guam
- That stinks: Aroma Shop busted in fake reselling scheme
- Bogus Dior bagged in Bangor
- Cut rate: Charges dropped in knockoff earring fight
- Beach bums: Customs snags sneakers at southern California port
- Six charged with selling hip hop fakes in New York
- Markdown: UK police apologize for over-valuing fakes
- Doubting Thomases didn't expect criminal charges
- Sign of the times: Ulster ads warn against fakes
