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Fake Apple Stores Pop Up In China, Elsewhere

In China, Apple's products are so in demand that they make fake iPods, iPhones and Macs. How about fake Apple stores? Why not. The fake stores are selling real Apple products, though how they are getting them is a mystery. An American woman living in Kunming, China, says fake Apple stores are proliferating and are such good fakes it is hard to tell them apart from the real thing: they have the same wooden tables, winding staircases, concrete floors, branded posters, and signs, and the employees apparently think they work for Apple.

Only when one does a search of Apple retail locations can one learn that the company has no store there.

Read the whole story at The New York Times »

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  1. Larry Thomas from Latergy, July 22, 2011 at 4:22 p.m.

    Another case of trademark infringement, this one in the travel advertising business ... Here's another David vs Goliath story in a fight over brand and IP protection ... Travel Spike vs TAN ...

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Travel-Spike-Issues-Cease-and-prnews-2124668461.html?x=0&.v=1

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