Comments on: Introducing the HiPhone; Strategic Product Branding in the Middle Kingdom http://benross.net/wordpress/introducing-the-hiphone-strategic-product-branding-in-the-middle-kingdom/2008/06/30/ Urban Sociology and Urbanism, in China and North America Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:41:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Frank Rizzo http://benross.net/wordpress/introducing-the-hiphone-strategic-product-branding-in-the-middle-kingdom/2008/06/30/comment-page-1/#comment-26312 Frank Rizzo Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:16:05 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=192#comment-26312 It's a question of trademark, not copyright. In the US these examples would definitely be trademark violations. The test is whether people would be confused as to the origin of the product. Since both examples are obviously designed to confuse, they are trademark violations in the US. In China, who knows. It’s a question of trademark, not copyright. In the US these examples would definitely be trademark violations. The test is whether people would be confused as to the origin of the product. Since both examples are obviously designed to confuse, they are trademark violations in the US. In China, who knows.

]]> By: Nick http://benross.net/wordpress/introducing-the-hiphone-strategic-product-branding-in-the-middle-kingdom/2008/06/30/comment-page-1/#comment-26223 Nick Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:10:29 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=192#comment-26223 Interestingly enough the touch screen technology employed on the iPhone originally came from the chinese who developed it for easy input of Characters. Another example is the endless "Boss" and "Polo" clones you can find in legitimate department stores. Don't get me started on Chinese car companies.. http://creativeadvertisingworld.com/bmw-7-vs-byd-f6/ or why stop at only the products.. just copy the entire company.. http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3000 :-) Interestingly enough the touch screen technology employed on the iPhone originally came from the chinese who developed it for easy input of Characters.

Another example is the endless “Boss” and “Polo” clones you can find in legitimate department stores. Don’t get me started on Chinese car companies..

http://creativeadvertisingworld.com/bmw-7-vs-byd-f6/

or why stop at only the products.. just copy the entire company..

http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3000

:-)

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