Knockoff News 74
A weekly (or thereabouts) collection of news about counterfeits, fakes, knockoffs, replicas, imitations, and the culture of copying in general around the globe:
- Fast fashion: See Bangkok vendors build fake market on active train tracks
- No logo luxury: Report examines luxe fashion and corporate social responsibility
- Russian roulette: Vendors sell fakes outside fashion industry report presentation
- Brand racists: When authentic goods become untouchable
- Squeeze play on words: Does Juicy Critoure Pawfum infringe upon Juicy Coutoure for Dogs?
- Peace in our time: Jewelry shop unites Christie's and Sotheby's
- News update: The latest on the Tiffany/eBay trial
- Seeing not believing: IP Dragon critiques essay on Chinese piracy
- Ne fiat Lux: Urban Outfitters and BB Dakota accused of copying Chloe
- Looking good: Appearance of fakes approaches the real
- Killer video: Tales of terror from Toronto anti-counterfeiting conference
- Fifth down: Soft IP law puts Canada on U.S. watch list--again
- Emancipation proclamation: Don't be slave to (fake) designer labers
- Second rate: Consumer Reports condemns fakes
- Going once, going twice.... France auction authority tries to shut down eBay
- "Help a cross dresser out": Exploring Canal Street's fake trade
- Fitch finks: Abercrombie.com features contact info to report fakes
- Pulitzer bait: Bogus goods abound in Ohio
- Part 2: Thailand's counterfeit pipeline
- Part 3: Fighting back
- Editorial
- Authors and funding
- Flyover fashion: Designer clothes no different from Sears
- Naughty, not nice: New York counterfeiters get coal for Christmas
- Fake news: Paper apologizes for fabricating Nicole Kidman's use of non-Chanel perfume
- Baa humbug: Pecora Nera refused registration due to likelihood of confusion with Black Sheep
- German federation: Officials call for action against Chinese piracy HT: Markenblog
- Kulturkampf: China takes offensive against Olympic piracy
- Red dawn: U.S., China Customs agree to share data on fakes
- Report from the front: World losing war against fakes
- Job 1: Creating an EU counterfeit commissioner
- Untrustworthy: Better Business Bureau says fake Elmo dolls are legal
- Bad neighbor: New Era accused of ripping design from nearby trade show display
- Once more into the breach: UK fakes -- but not labels -- go to charity
- Bluebird of authenticity: New Nepal bazaar guards against counterfeits
- Merciful and compassionate: Sharjah gives pirates three months grace period
- An ounce of prevention: Johannesburg importers must agree not to sell fakes
- House of cards: Fake gift cards abound online
- Police report:
- Consumer alert: Fake buyers face misdemeanor charges in Florida
- Counterfeit perfume seized at the port of Marseille [HT: pMdM]
- The raid in Spain falls mainly on Las Palmas [HT: Markenblog]
- Gangbusters: LAPD raids Santee Alley
- Project Chameleon nets fakes in Toronto
- Not horsing around: Fakes seized at SC Jockey Lot
- The Crucible: Vendors arrested in Salem, MA
- Seizures in Cyprus
- Search warrant in Washington
- Deep-sixed by Dougherty deputies
- Problem of evil: Albany police associate fakes with terror, slave labor
- Police swoop down on Flamingo Island vendor
- Youth venture: Yonkers teen arrested for selling fake Nikes
- Men: Government investigator shopping with girlfriend decides to raid shops
And finally, for those of you who believe in a place "Where Dreams Come True" and who always root for Pinocchio in his quest to become a real boy, here's proof of a kindred spirit in the Italian court system:
Presumably the Magic Kingdom will have something to say about the exercise of personal jurisdiction over its citizens...
