Intellectual Property Law

STL on Infringement Safari: China, Part 2

By Michael Atkins

I was having so much fun in China on infringement safari, I couldn’t resist a second installment.

Here are some more snaps from Xi’an: 

 The original and a fan

As mentioned yesterday, this was a from brick-and-mortar store, not a back alley market.

Not to be outdone, Nike has some fans in Xi’an as well:

Nike’s swoosh and some similar designs

Nor are these shoe companies fly-by-night. The bottom one, Li Ning, has enough financial muscle to hire Chinese superstar Yao Ming as its endorser. It’s reportedly the top Chinese athletic brand.

I wonder if it’s fashionable to call to mind the original, but with a twist.

Apart from infringement and dilution, it all may be tongue-in-cheek.

Tomorrow’s final installment: coffee shop infringement.

Full post as published by Seattle Trademark Lawyer on October 27, 2010 (boomark / email).