Product and brand piracyNegative prize 'Plagiarius' starts a new round
The 'Plagiarius' campaign has announced its competition of the same name for the 43rd time. Companies, designers and inventors now have the opportunity to submit their original products and alleged imitations and nominate the "Plagiarist of the Year 2019".
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The 'Royal' bathroom accessory series from Taiwanese company Imannuel Industrial has also fallen victim to counterfeiters. The counterfeits were sold by a German online retailer via amazon.de. Despite minimal design differences in two of the accessories, the overall impression of the series is identical. The materials of the counterfeit on the right are cheap and the application of the rhinestones is sloppy. The counterfeits have since been withdrawn from the market.