Product and brand piracyStarting signal for 'Plagiarius' competition 2020
Once again this year, entrepreneurs, designers and inventors have the opportunity to submit their original products and alleged imitations to the 'Plagiarius' competition and nominate the plagiarist as the winner of the negative prize.
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3rd place in the Plagiarius competition 2019: The copycat - the company Zhejiang Keland Electric Applliance from Zhejiang, China - has adopted all the characteristic design features of the original (left) 1:1; however, the plagiarism of the Staub Cocotte roaster is not made of high-quality cast iron, but of cheap aluminum and costs only a tenth of the original. Various German and European retailers had sold the counterfeit, but have since issued cease-and-desist declarations.