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Entry: Bush Says: No Fakes!
posted by Karma
Oct 16, 2008 12:32PM
Did anyone actually read the fact sheet for the bill? I agree with comment #18. There is definitely no way to stop knockoffs. They are not exact imitations nor do they claim to be the designer goods. Anyone can copy another's design (in their own way). What they are trying to make against the law is having a counterfeit good. "Counterfeit" dictionary definition: "made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged." Bottom line: knock offs will not be stopped. The photo of the bag above is a knock off...NOT a counterfeit.