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Award-Winning Fakes
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Aktion Plagiarius
Can you tell the difference between these watches? On the left is a FORTIS B-42 Official Cosmonauts Chronograph wristwatch that runs for $2,000 to $2,300, and on the right is a counterfeit. Counterfeits like this cheat designers and innovators out of their hard-earned money. At the world's largest annual consumer goods fair, the "Plagiarius Awards" shame counterfeiters and distributors of fake goods. (Originals are shown on the left, copies on the right.)
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Aktion Plagiarius
Two-in-One salt-and-pepper set
First Prize
Original Manufacturer: WMF, Geislingen/Steige, Germany
Copier: Shantou Lian Plastic Products, Guangdong, China
The good design of the the Two-in-One salt-and-pepper shaker set attracted strong imitation. The copy -- rendered in plastic rather than metal -- looked so similar to the original that the judges awarded it first place.
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Aktion Plagiarius
Trend-Line V3 Vegetable Slicer
Second Prize
Original Manufacturer: Börner Kunststoff- und Metallwarenfabrik, Niederkail, Germany
Distributor: Mesa Products, Doetinchem, the Netherlands
The Trend-Line V3 vegetable slicer knockoff is an exact copy, but the brand name has been deleted.
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Aktion Plagiarius
PND Heating System Component
Third Prize
Original Manufacturer: Pneumatex, Füllinsdorf, Switzerland
Copier: Heinrich Winkelmann, Ahlen, Germany
This counterfeit product looked so similar in form factor, color, and even the label shape that some Pneumatex employees couldn't tell the difference at first glance.
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Aktion Plagiarius
MEM Faucet
Distinction
Original Manufacturer: A.F. Dornbracht, Iserlohn, Germany
Distributor: Wenzhou Foreign Trade Industrial Product, Zhejiang, China and Selectronica, Frankfurt, Germany
Visually, Dornbracht's three-hole basin mixer is almost identical to the Chinese copy.
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Aktion Plagiarius
Braided Bracelets
Distinction
Original Manufacturer: Gebrüder Niessing, Vreden, Germany
Copier: Horst Stichnoth, Hannover, Germany
High-end German jeweler Gebrüder Niessing's braided bracelets -- two or more strands of flat gold or platinum -- were copied by competitor Horst Stichnoth in steel.
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