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85 Hilarious Products From China And Countries That Don’t Care About Trademarks
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, although certain patent lawyers might disagree. Despite this phrase being uttered by the English cleric Charles Caleb Colton sometime in the 19th century, patent law has been in existence since at least 500 B.C.E. in Greece—although the rights were usually only granted for short periods of time.
Fast-forward to the 21st century, and the battle between counterfeiters and patent holders is in full swing. This list of the best (worst?) Chinese knockoffs shows how far bootleggers will go to rip a good idea off, and sometimes, the results are hilarious.
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Dolce & Banana
Binbows
Mike
Red Labial
Specialman
Diversifying In To New Sectors, I See
Yep, not China. Probably why the article's titled 'Products from China AND [other] COUNTRIES that don't care...'
I Think I'm Gonna Get A New Pair Of Iphones
Delicious Burgers, Now With Less Monarchy!
Master Beef
Nailed It
Actually a better name than the original as that is only for boys... :)
Pimp Not Puma
Sunbucks
Didn't Know Microsoft Were In The Sunscreen Industry
Polystation
Harry Potter
Pizza Huh
:)
Hike
Pizza Roof
I'll See Your Mountain Dew Knockoff Collection
It is dr pepper knockoffs, savior. They are saying "I see your collection of Mountain Dew, and I'll raise you my collection of dr pepper" like gambling,in poker
Close Enough
Nokla
Borio
Now I Can Finally Afford A Pair Of Deats
Abcids
Prapa
Got Heineken? Nope. I Got Heimekem!
Corcs
I Got A Fake Sharpie. It's A Skerple
Esrrit
I got dibs on first comment. the guy sitting down is like: why do I exist
Joens Danhse
The Amazing Star-Wars
Ridbull
Two separate Thai products. One is the sweet, condensed glass jar (blue/silver can, watered down& carbonated, elsewhere) called "Red Bull" and the other other (not available in western markets) is กระทิงแดง and sold as a fruit drink in a short, gold can.
Maolboea
Umm... They are candy cigarettes so I would think that they did this on porpoise
Kentucky Lried Ghicken
Mcdnoald's
Kicker
Kine
Numa
Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma nu ma iei, nu ma nu ma nu ma iei ...♫
Googirls
Can't think what this ones all about, and I'm not sure I want to either.