Product and brand piracy
Negative 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".
Since 1977, the 'Plagiarius' campaign has been raising public awareness of the business practices of counterfeiters. The trophy for the 'Schmäh-Preis' is a black dwarf with a golden nose - as a symbol of the immense profits that product pirates make at the expense of creatives and the industry.
Before the annually changing jury selects the winners from all the entries, it notifies the alleged plagiarists of their nomination in writing. This gives them the opportunity to make a statement. In addition to general case-related information, these reactions - if used - are also included in the evaluation. From soft, entrepreneurs, designers and inventors are invited to suggest alleged imitators of their product to the jury. The deadline for the 2019 competition round is November 30, 2018.
The following must be submitted to the competition
- the original product
- the alleged plagiarism
- the completed entry form
- the correspondence with the plagiarist
- copies of registered industrial property rights
- any other background information that may be helpful to the jury
The 'Plagiarius 2019' negative award will be presented at a press conference at the 'Ambiente 2019' consumer goods fair. During the trade fair, all submitted originals and plagiarisms will be on display in a prominent position. Afterwards, the award-winning products will be presented to a wide audience at the Plagiarius Museum in Solingen and at traveling exhibitions around the world.
You might also be interested in
Looking back: Winner of the 'Plagiarius 2018' negative award
For the 42nd time, the 'Aktion Plagiarius' association has "honored" counterfeiters and imitators with its Schmäh award at the Ambiente consumer goods trade fair. In addition to consumer goods, industrial components are also occasionally among the...
read more...Product counterfeiters "awarded"
On February 9th, the Plagiarius campaign awarded its eponymous defamation prize to manufacturers or retailers of counterfeit products. In addition to consumer goods, industrial components are also frequently among the counterfeit products - as was...
read more...New board member for production and quality management
Bosch Rexroth appoints Dr. Christina Franke (49) to the Management Board with responsibility for Production and Quality Management as of April 1. She succeeds Reinhard Schäfer (60), who is retiring.
read more...Integrated measurement technology for condition monitoring
There are new variants of the high-precision motor feedback system 'EDS/EDM35' from Sick. Variants with additional sensors for monitoring vibration behavior and humidity supplement the standard variants.
read more...Drive controller with high-current variant
As a high-current variant, the 'SD4B' drive controller from Sieb & Meyer extends the range of possible applications: as a servo amplifier for operating rotary and linear low-voltage servo motors or as a frequency inverter for high-speed...
read more...Robust electric cylinders for indoor and outdoor use
With the 'LD' series, RK Rose+Krieger offers electric cylinders that are suitable for indoor and outdoor use.
read more...Easy to implement
Leantechnik rack and pinion gearboxes can be used to design all types of lifting and positioning systems. Integration into the application is easy thanks to the 3D product configurator from Cadenas.
read more...Increase in orders for the German electrical and digital industry
The German electrical and digital industry started the second half of 2024 with a fifth more orders (+20.8% year-on-year).
read more...Expansion of the Management Board
The Supervisory Board of Siemens has announced personnel decisions at Managing Board level in order to further expand its position as a leading technology company and to accelerate the increase in value.
read more...