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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About the bicycle basket 'Bikebasket' from the company Reisenthel Accessoires, based in Gilching near Munich: The overall impression of the original (left) and the counterfeit (right) is identical, but the counterfeit is inferior in terms of materials and workmanship. The bicycle basket was counterfeited by a Chinese bicycle factory in Hebei, China. The German distributor of the counterfeit has signed a cease-and-desist declaration.