Knockoff News
Introducing a weekly (or thereabouts) collection of news about counterfeits, fakes, knockoffs, replicas, imitations, and copying in general from around the globe:
- Cape Cod cops reel in fakes
- Beijing's Silk Alley appeals anti-piracy verdict
- Silk Alley landlord loses landmark lawsuit
- Shanghai to shut down knockoff market
- Little Red Poll: Shanghai locals cheer counterfeit crackdown
- Counterfeit cosmetics in the Middle East
- Knockoffs rob university football champs
- Record haul of counterfeit golf products in China
- Manhattanites denied designer drug as officials seize knockoff Tamiflu
- Fake Viagra first target of experimental anti-counterfeiting technology
- Brazil burns counterfeits, citing damage to "formal" jobs from "informal economy"
- Brazilian study finds counterfeits 3x more profitable than drugs
- 2005 "historic year" for Brazilian fight against piracy
- Miami Vice: Federal grand jury indicts counterfeit traffickers
- From Gucci to Glocks? Miami U.S. attorney cites danger of fleamarket fakes
And a couple for laughs:
If you come across additional Knockoff News, please let me know.
