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