EUROPEAN COMMISSION WARNS ON TEXTILE, CLOTHING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CRIMES
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
COUNTERFEITING organisation that has made China and Hong Kong the world's clothing fake hotspots have been described in a global European Commission survey of countries where product fakes are manufactured. The Commission gathered the information from companies, diplomatic missions and trade federations. In Hong Kong, the survey report told of "secret shops" in flats selling fake luxury clothing and accessories. Street agents 'invite' potential customers to visit their 'apartment store' where hundreds of counterfeit products are ...
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