Read more knockoff stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7764/knockoff.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:43:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66083/wal-mart-guns-for-girl-scouts-with-knockoff-cookies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWal-Mart appears to be rolling out cheap knockoffs—well, “Great Value” replicas—of Girl Scout cookies, and that has one former “Cookie Mom” hopping mad. “The exclusivity of Girl Scout cookies is what makes the cookies really sell,” CV Harquail writes on Authentic Organizations. And now Wal-Mart is hawking “almost-as-good...http://www.newser.com/story/66083/wal-mart-guns-for-girl-scouts-with-knockoff-cookies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 14:13:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48688/china-knockoff-craze-gains-steam-courage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn internet variety showed parodying the annual lunar new year gala on Chinese central TV is just the most publicized knockoff generated by the country’s rebellious shanzhai culture, the Wall Street Journal reports. Once mainly the province of counterfeit name brands (think HiPhone), the web now is awash with puckish...http://www.newser.com/story/48688/china-knockoff-craze-gains-steam-courage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 Jan 2009 0:27:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36770/denim-detective-unzips-fake-jeans-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChris Johnson likes collecting women's jeans, but he doesn't wear them—he's one of hundreds of fashion detectives hired by designers to spot knockoffs, the Los Angeles Times reports. Johnson trolls stores and Internet sites for clients like True Religion who want to put counterfeiters out of business. The fakes...http://www.newser.com/story/36770/denim-detective-unzips-fake-jeans-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 06 Sep 2008 17:06:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32814/how-piracy-can-boost-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIntellectual piracy is bad for business, yes, but also inevitable—and companies fare better when turning it to their advantage, the Economist reports. The large (and illegal) volume of music and video exchanged online, for example, can reveal who’s popular in which countries. And Microsoft, which officially battles piracy, also...http://www.newser.com/story/32814/how-piracy-can-boost-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Jul 2008 11:03:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20349/scots-fight-fake-kilts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat do plaid skirts have in common with champagne and feta cheese? If Scottish lawmakers have their way, the kilt could be the latest European product to receive a "protected designation of origin" status. Cheap kilt knockoffs could still be sold, but only the real thing—pure wool, hand-sewn in...http://www.newser.com/story/20349/scots-fight-fake-kilts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 Feb 2008 9:56:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16187/hasbro-attacks-fabulous-scrabble-clone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHasbro, maker of the classic board game Scrabble, is moving to shut down Scrabulous, a widely popular—and virtually identical—online knockoff. It's currently the ninth most popular application on all of Facebook, with 2.3 million users. Scrabulous’ developers estimate their app brings in about $25,000 a month,...http://www.newser.com/story/16187/hasbro-attacks-fabulous-scrabble-clone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Jan 2008 6:00:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/9699/tequila-industry-gets-salty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTequila is more popular than ever, and the Mexican tequila industry is mobilizing to clamp down on knockoffs, USA Today reports. Imitations range from the good—quality tequila made outside of Mexico—to the ugly—cheap and possibly contaminated sugarcane liquors made in basements. "These phony products are a cancer...http://www.newser.com/story/9699/tequila-industry-gets-salty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Oct 2007 16:57:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6515/chinese-follies-are-all-too-familiar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBefore Americans get on their high horse about China’s recent lapses into substandard products—not to mention those fake Harry Potter translations—they should look long and hard at their own history, the Boston Globe suggests. In the 19th century, it was the US that was considered the nation that...http://www.newser.com/story/6515/chinese-follies-are-all-too-familiar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Aug 2007 21:28:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5614/bill-targets-designer-knockoffs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCapitol HIll is considering a bill that would place fashion designs in the same league as a work of art that can be copyrighted, protecting designers from cheap knockoffs for three years. Currently, designers can copyright logos and names, but manufacturers can legally replicate their creations stitch for stitch—and...http://www.newser.com/story/5614/bill-targets-designer-knockoffs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Aug 2007 8:34:55 CDT