They say that imitation is honestly a form of flattery, although attorneys at patent and trademark offices would probably disagree. In China, the land of fakes, they have apparently never heard of trademark/service mark law and intellectual property rights, even though they have been with us in one form or another for at least 2,500 years. We've picked out some that are hilarious to die for.
China is a land of fakes, where "any resemblance to a real brand is not purely coincidental" but either the result of a lack of ideas, misleading customers or something else. This is one of the reasons that it is "Made in China" has become a stereotypical label for low-quality products or products of questionable quality, which, despite all the legislation on rights intellectual property (which is apparently unknown to the Chinese) grow like mushrooms after the rain. In the photo gallery, we have collected fakes that are funny to die for and once more point to the Chinese blowing the whistle on trademark law.
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To you Dolce & Banana, Mike, Game Child, Sunbucks, Haimeken, Corcs, Borio, Rid Bull and Nola sound familiar? They not only sound, but also look almost identical to the original like an egg to an egg.
