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 company Koziol ideas for friends from Erbach is among the victims of counterfeiters this year with two of its products: One is the 'Hot Stuff' storage tin (original on the left, counterfeit on the right): Product design, product name, advertising banderole and Koziol typeface were copied 1:1. Only the company name 'Koziol' was not copied. The counterfeit was distributed by the company Glocalize from Chile. On the other hand ...