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Fake Ferraris made in China

''A car of this model, Ferrari has produced only 6 cars of this model. This is the seventh one, produced in China''

A counterfeit Ferrari has been made in China, one of many fakes to prompt action from the European Commission. The European Commission says it's going to crack down on counterfeiting and piracy, with coordinated action and sanctions throughout the continent.

Click here to see the video in Reuters

Source and photo: Carscoop.blogspot.com, Reuters.com

2007-04-26 @ 23:55:43 Permalink Copycats Comments(0) Trackbacks ()

An Aquascutum copy in Shanghai

The real Aquascutum London logo.
British Aquascutum with it's nine stores in Shanghai is a wellknown and prestigous brand in the city.

The Chinese copy of an Aquascutum store in Shanghai
141934-40

^{Photos:Aquascutum.co.uk, alexikina.blogspot.com}

2007-01-13 @ 21:09:40 Permalink Copycats Comments(1) Trackbacks ()

Chinese coffee firm sued for copying Starbucks' trademark

^{Photo:Starbucks.com}The Shanghai coffee company Shanghai Xingbake Cafe has been fined 500,000 yuan for infringing the trademark of Starbucks.The Shanghai Higher People's Court also ordered Shanghai Xingbake Cafe to change its name and make a public apology to Starbucks in the local newspaper Xinmin Evening News. In 2003, the Starbucks Corporation and President Starbucks Coffee Company, a franchised Starbucks operator in Shanghai, filed a lawsuit against Shanghai Xingbake Cafe and its subsidiary on the Nanjing Road.

The plaintiff claimed Shanghai Xingbake had violated the rule of fair competition and infringed upon the trademark of U.S. Starbucks by using Xingbake and "starbuck" in its company name and business activities. Shanghai Xingbake, established in 2000, and its Nanjing Road branch also used a green logo similar to that of Starbucks on its menus, cafe windows, receipts and business cards. However it has a picture of coffee cup in the circle, instead of a mermaid.
The Chinese character "Xing" means "star," and the characters "ba" and "ke" together sound like "bucks." The court ruled that Shanghai Xingbake had intentionally used Xingbake in its name and thus infringed the trademark of Starbucks.Starbucks registered its trademark, Xingbake, the Chinese translation for Starbucks, and its logo, a green mermaid in a circle, in 1996 and 1999. Starbucks had more than 200 outlets in 21 cities in China.

^Source :^{www.starbucks.com}^,^{www.newsgd.com}

2007-01-10 @ 23:33:13 Permalink Copycats Comments(0) Trackbacks ()

GM and Chery will jointly develop a new car brand

^{Photo:shanghaiist.com}After General Motors Daewoo sued Chery for imitation of the Spark minicar in its design of the QQ, Chrysler has announced it will jointly develop a new joint venture brand with Chery, one of China's top ten automakers. Interestingly, a report by the world's favourite news agency describes Chery as "one of the few Chinese companies that successfully produce their own models instead of manufacturing foreign brands under a licence".
^{Source:shanghaiist.com}

2007-01-07 @ 01:47:25 Permalink Copycats Comments(0) Trackbacks ()

Migrant workers, the most fashionable people in China ?

^Photo: ^joeywan^/ShanghaiistPhoto number 1: Bag from Louis Vuitton fashion show , fall 2006

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Photo number 2: A Chinese migrant worker outside Shanghai railway station

My questions are....
• Are LV aware of the fact that the checked mass produced plastic bags exist?
• Can the Chinese plastic bag manufacturing sue Louis Vuitton?
• Why is LV copying a cheap Chinese 1$ bag ?

^Source:^{Shanghaiist.com}

2006-11-25 @ 20:01:52 Permalink Copycats Comments(0) Trackbacks ()