In addition, Aktion Plagiarius awarded three special prizes of equal rank: The special prize 'Identity theft' goes to the Chinese company Chu Chaofeng, Shanghai (domain owner of www.wika-wika.cn), for counterfeiting the website of the German company WIKA Alexander Wiegand, Klingenberg. The original websites are www.wika.com / www.wika.cn. Counterfeiting a product is brazen - stealing the entire identity of a renowned manufacturer, including photos, texts and history, is unscrupulous. It involves a lot of criminal energy: Trademark and copyright infringements, the deliberate deception of website users - and WIKA's good reputation is shamelessly exploited for their own purposes. In addition to misleading advertising with third-party brands and the sale of counterfeits via e-commerce platforms, identity theft is also on the rise. Pressure gauges are safety-relevant products - precision and reliability are crucial. This makes the mostly dangerously inferior quality of counterfeits all the more alarming. WIKA protects the company's intellectual property worldwide and takes decisive action against counterfeiters.