With an official investigation now underway, the party may soon be over for those expertly crafted fake Apple Stores over in China.
Reuters is reporting today that “industrial and commercial” authorities are giving the stores a thorough once-over, and that their investigations will examine brand usage, the supply chain and licensing.
“There is no Chinese law that says I can’t decorate my shop the way I want to decorate it,” one defiant fake Apple Store employee told Reuters, to which I must respond: Does anyone know if legitimate Apple retail stores carry Chinese law book software? This guy needs to brush up with a counterfeit version of that software, stat. [Reuters]
Sean
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 9:29 AMNo surprises here…
MarioC
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 2:00 PMIf they had called it the Watermelon store, would have been great and wouldn’t be getting sued soon
Steve
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 6:52 PM“There is no Chinese law that says I can’t decorate my shop the way I want to decorate it.”
This is too precious. Let’s rip off everything from the uniforms to the store signs in the hope that people will think we’re actually Apple employees. But it’s MY decoration!
Jack
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 7:24 PMApparently you need to read up on chinese law.
Scott
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 9:49 PMIf you follow this through to the huffington post. They have spelt. “Apple Stoer” on the front of the building.
mrsnoopaloop
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 12:11 AMHaha, that is fantastic.