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Innumerable Chinese fakes of adidas & NIKE & PUMA
Shanghai Disneyland (SAYS Malaysia)
  • It is not regarded as the bad thing to copy something in China.
  • They can not understand why copying is bad.
  • Even if the sky becomes dark by air pollution, they do not mind it very much.
  • The government authorities seem to try to control over illegal copyings.
  • There are too many illegal copyings to control over.
  • Here is just a part of legal and illegal Chinese fakes.

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Chinese fakes & plagiarisms
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Ichiran Ramen (一蘭Ichiran, Japan)

Another Fake of Ichiran（Beijing, China）



Photograph of the site
It just uses the original photograph.
Fake of Ichiran Again! 　(FNN PRIME online) 　(April 3, 2020)
This is the same fake shop of “Ichiran” as Lanchi in China. Chinese does not have the consciousness of the copyright.

抹茶Matcha, powdered tea
若竹

(丸久小山園Marukyu Koyamaen)

抹茶, powdered tea
若竹

(济南超威生物技术有限公司, Jinan Cowi Biotechnology Co.、Ltd.)
Marukyu Koyamaen’s announcement：
Similar Packaging Sold in China

Recently, we have discovered that there are Matcha products with a similar packaging being sold on China’s online shop.
The color, shape, and marks design on the Similar Packaging are identical to our own product packaging. However, it is not produced by us. Please be aware of the situation.
※Please understand that Marukyu Koyamaen Co. Ltd have no any relation, and assume no responsibility to the damage and lost cause by the product with a similar packaging.
Chinese company says, “We conclude an agreement with Japanese company and make it”, but of course Koyamaen denies that. And there are no company at the address of the Chinese company listed in the products.

MUJI (無印良品), UNIQLO (ユニクロ), DAISO (ダイソー)

MINISO（メイソウ）

There are approximately 2,000 “MINISO” stores in the world. “UNICLO” has 2,127 stores in the world. There are more “MINISO” than “UNICLO” in the world except Japan.
The signboard and the logo resemble Japanese “MUJI” or “UNIQLO” if you look at them in a long distance. Its name MINISO sounds like the mini-version of “DAISO”.
“メイソウ” is Japanese letters, and Japanese explanations are attached to the products. However, it is the company of Chinese capital definitely irrelevant to “MUJI” or “UNIQLO” or “DAISO”.
This is a very vicious example. It abuses Japanese quality and reliability, and it is “the culture destruction” beyond a country and the sense of values and “the profanity” to manufacturing. The most vicious is “三宅順也”. His big photos are raised in 2,000 stores of “MINISO” in the world. However, there is not such a Japanese in Japan.

Super Mario (Nintendo 1985)

Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (2019)

Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party placed an animation in the Internet.
Including the title written as “Super Mario” in English, a character looking just like “Mario” defeats the bureaucrats who get involved in corruption in sequence.
The BGM and the sound effects looks just like the original Super Mario, and “Mario” dressed like a judge sentences to death on a criminal. The coin written as “intellectual property rights” in Chinese comes up.
How can the Chinese government police the innumerable plagiarisms while even the government plagiarizes?

無印良品 (Muji, Japan)
established in 1980

无(＝無)印良品 (Muji, China)
established in 2005
tag
 tag
cotton swab
 cotton swab
stationery
 stationery
As for “Muji” the simple design is popular. It has approximately 450 stores in Japan. More than 240 stores in China. An emergency situation happened in “Muji”.
The store on the right side written as “无印良品” by Chinese notation is the shop irrelevant to the Japanese “無印良品”, but “無印良品” is written on the tag of the product, not “无印良品”. Furthermore, the indication of the cotton swab resembles the product of “Muji” very much.
This Chinese shop that looks just like “Muji” has 30 stores in China. But there are many evaluations to point out lower quality of the products.
The Chinese shop appealed for the Japanese “Muji” by “rights abuse”. With that alone it is a surprise, but more surprisingly, the Japanese side lost the case. The Chinese court handed down decision that ordered “Muji” to pay approximately 10 million yen and apologize for 30 days in the stores and the online site.
The person concerned with the Chinese shop: “Japanese ‘Muji‘ plagiarized us later”.
The Japanese “Muji” established the first shop in China in 2005.
But a different company acquired the trademark of “無印良品” with a bedcover and a towel in China in 2001.
The Chinese company had filed a suit for the compensation for damages against a Japanese “Muji”, saying that the right was infringed.
The Japanese “Muji” appealed against a higher court and is disputing now. 　(日本・J-cast November 02, 2018)
  • The Japanese “Muji” was born in 1980. It has more than 700 stores throughout the world and the product items are approximately 7,000. A Chinese knew that and registered a trademark of “無印良品” in China before the Japanese company went into China. It is impossible that someone conceives of the strange name “無印良品” accidentally.
  • In China, it is prevalent to take trademark registration in advance with the Japanese brand names and place names. They intend to register the trademarks earlier and sell them to the Japanese companies, and to gain.
    “Imabari towel”, “Tokyo Sky Tree”, “Crayon Shinchan” (Anime), “Mori Izo” (liquor), “Takashimaya” (department store), “Sanuki udon” (noodle name), “Arita ware (porcelain)”, “Aomori”, (the place name), etc..
  • Money is the first. They do anything for money. They are good at business.
  • China is the country of “egocentrism”. Even if another person is troubled by Chinese, it does not matter for them basically.

A genuine Yayoi Kusama installation in London (October 2018)

Counterfeit works shown in at least six Chinese cities (2018)

Counterfeit works by Kusama and her fellow contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami have been shown in at least six Chinese cities since the spring, according the artists’ lawyers. (The guardian)

Ichiran Ramen 一蘭


Correct Japanese letters ----- “美味しさがある”, “喜ばれるとよ”


“この一滴が最高の喜びです”
One drop is my best joy.

Lanchi Ramen 蘭池


Wrong Japanese letters ----- “美味しそがある”, “喜ばれるさよ”


“この一滴が最高の喜びです”
One drop is my best joy.

Doraemon (1969-)

Robot Cat

On April 28, 2018, the Chinese court accepted the copyright infringement by the company in Fujian Province. The company had applied for the trademark registration of “Robot cat”. The company of “Robot cat” claimed “This is not Japanese ‘Doraemon’, but Chinese ‘Doraemon’”. (China Youth Daily)
“Robot cat” is “Doraemon” to all appearances.

The 94th Hakone Ekiden (2018)

Hakone Ekiden (箱根駅伝), which is officially called Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race is one of the most prominent university ekiden (relay marathon) races of the year held between Tokyo and Hakone in Japan on 2 and 3 January. (wikipedia)

“100 miles of relay race of the Chinese universities” (2017)

Chinese media Péng pài reported, “Chinese universities copied Hakone Ekiden of Japan”. The 2nd relay road race by 16 universities including Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Tongji University, Tianjin University, etc. was held in Shanghai, China. (Péng pài)

AKB48

AKB48 are a Japanese idol girl group. The group has expanded since then to include over 130 members as of December 2015. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with its own theater and performing daily so fans could always see them live.

SNH48

SNH48 was born by produce of Yasushi Akimoto as a sister group of AKB48 in 2012, but in June, 2016 it expressed the independence from the AKB48 group by the trouble in the contract. The AKB side announced "SNH48 broke the contract".

Sister groups
BEJ48, GNZ48, SHY48, CKG48, CGT48, CHA48, FUZ48, HEB48, HEF48, JIN48, KUM48, NAJ48, NIB48, NJN48, SHZ48, SUZ48, TAY48, TNJ48, XAN48, XIM48, ZNZ48

This case resembles that of Chinese high-speed railway. Chinese high-speed railway was made with Japanese technique, but after a short time, China finished the collaborative relationship with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, the Japanese public multinational corporation and insists that railway technique is China's original.

Budweiser beer (USA)

Underground factory producing fake cans of Budweiser
(June 05, 2017 Fox News)

News show "NEWS ZERO" (Nippon TV) 2006-

Decoration of the studio

Hosts

Large screen & the background

Caption bars

Opening of "KAT-TUN Concert 2014"


PV of Perfume (Japanese band)

News show "Tonight iMAX" (Hunan satellite TV) 2013-

Decoration of the studio

Hosts

Large screen & the background

Caption bars

Opening of TV show (Hunan satellite TV)


PR of TV show (Hunan satellite TV)

士力架 Snickers (Mars)

士加力

可力加

克力佳

奥利奥 Oreo (Nabisco)

粤利粤

奥利傲

Sunkist (USA)

sumkissed (at a Walmart store in China)

Whiskey

Whiskey

The bottle is genuine. They repack the contents and sell them to bars. The maker sides attach a hologram seal, but it is copied immediately.

Chinese whiskey - They look just like Chivas Regal, Jack Daniel's, Johnnie Walker, etc..

Cars (Disney)

The Autobots (BlueMTV)

On December 29, 2016, a Shanghai court has awarded damages to Disney and Pixar Animation in a copyright case over a Chinese-made film called “The Autobots.” The court ruled that the film was an illegal copy of Disney’s “Cars.”

Director of “The Autobots,” Zhuo Jianrong maintained his innocence throughout. Chinese media reported that after the court ruling Zhuo said he will launch an appeal.

Some Chinese media said quisling media and a court backed Disney up.

OOEDO-ONSEN-MONOGATARI - (Tokyo, Japan)

This is "One-day bathing facilities" that opened on March 1, 2003. Edo (江戸) is the former name of Tokyo.


Kumamon (くまモン) , the mascot created by the government of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

fake in Shanghai

This opened in Shanghai on December 21, 2016.

The certificate to use the brand

The certificate is forged, too.

There is a dormitory of a university at the address of the Chinese company where Shanghai "Ooedo-Onsen-Monogatari" got permission. The building involved person said, "This is the dormitory for the girl students. I have not heard the name of the company".

These are fakes, too. They are displayed there and the stuffed toys are sold without permission.

Whisper Sanitary Napkin - P&G (USA)

Sofy Sanitary Pads - Unicharm Corporation (Japan)

fake

fake

Two Chinese who manufactured and sold fake sanitary products were arrested.

These products have circulated in the whole land of China. (南昌新闻网)

Pokémon Go (2016) - The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Niantic

City Spirit GO (城市精灵 GO) (2016)

London Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower, Hangzhou, China

Hallstatt in Austria

Hallstatt in China

Sphinks

Sphinksin Hebei, China

United States Capitol

Yingquan District government building in Fuyang, Anhui Province


Minhang District People's Court in Shanghai


New government office building in Loudi


People’s Court in Wenling, Zhejiang Province


Yuhua District Government Building in Nanjing


Court office building in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province

A row of typical British terrace houses in London

Thames Town in Shanghai

Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore in Chongqing

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Chinese fakes


fake of SONY vaio - "vaino"

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fake of ipodnano - Is ipodnano made by SONY ?

SQNY
fake of SONY - "SQNY"

sany-ericssan-x1
fake of PSPgo or SONY ?

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fake of PSPgo

poly3
fake of PS3 - PZ3 of POLYSTATION

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fake of PSP -POP station
 2pG

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fake of SONY - earphone of SONIA

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PolyStation. Is this a fake of NINTENDO or SONY ?

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POLYSTATION again

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fake of Japanese Maker "Matsushita Electric (Panasonic)"

a-16b
Not SHARP, but SHARK

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fake of windows mp3 player

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fake of windows 7

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fake of Amazon Kindle

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fake of Wii fake of wii

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fake of wii fit - ifit

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fake of NINTENDO DS - NINTETUDO DS fake of DS

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fake of DS

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fake of GAMEBOY

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fake of GB advance


fake of Nokia

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APPLE ? - AEIPPIE

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fake of iMac


Is this Apple MAC?

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fake of ipad

niseipod_0
fake of ipodshuffle

MP4-DMP-307D-with-origina-usb-port
fake of ipod

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case for ipod

capture3 GamePodSP
fake of iphone fake of iphone ?

fake_ipod
fake of ipod nano

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fake of iphone mini

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not vodafone, but wodafone

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fake of Panasonic Battery - PenesamiG

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fake of TOSHIBA - TOCHIFA

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Battery of Chanel

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fake of PANASONIC SPEAKER - PANOSAONIC

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fake of Gillette

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TOYOTA LEXUS ?

fake-brand-goods-020
fake of SUZUKI

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fake of OMEGA - OWEGA

knockoffs_09
fake of BOSS - BOOS

knockoffs_08
Google fashion

knockoffs_03
fake of Yoshi & Mario

knockoffs_02
shoes of APPLE

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not adidas, but adidos

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fake of adidas - odidoss

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adidas and Nike

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fake of NIKE - LIKE

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fake of PUMA - PURE fake of PUMA

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fake of Converse - BALL STAR

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fake of NIKE - NIBE

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fake of SNOOPY - SPOONY

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fake of PRADA ?

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bag of OBAMA

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fake of Google toilet roll

china_02
fake of Disneyland

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fake of DISNEY shop

china_07
fake of Harry Potter

china_03
Not IKEA

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fake of Rubber Duck

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fake of London Bridge

fake-brand-goods-007
What movie ??

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The Simpsons ?

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fake of BATT MAN - SUPER BAT

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fake of Doraemon

china041
fake of Mario ? Mickey Mouse ?

china040
Pikachu ?

china_06
Not KFC, but KLC

china_04
Not Starbucks coffee

fake-brand-goods-021
McDonald's ?

fake-brand-goods-014
McDonald's ?

white

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moji
fake of Japanese cookie "White lover"
white strange person

qoo

china032
fake of Japanese juice "QOO"

qoo

china005
fake of "Potapotayaki"(Made in Korea)

koala

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fake of Japanese snack(it is written in Japanese.)

koala

china044
fake of BOSS coffee

knockoffs_01
fake of Oreo - BORIO

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fake of Japanese snack

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SNICKERS ?

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cola, sprite, fanta ?

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fake of salt
nitrite
It's toxic.

0f2fe130
fake of Mineral water
tap-water

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fake of walnut
Lump of the concrete inside 		content

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Not fish, but plastic

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fake of honey
- alittle honey, citric acid and sugared water

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fake of egg
made by pharmaceutical products
 

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fake of beef
Cheap pork and farina

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fake of shark fin


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fake of tea with milk

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fake of pig's feet
it has strong carcinogenicity 


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fake of seaweed
- black vinyl
inserted by FC2 system