The Nissan That Became a Lamborghini Not Confiscated For Likelihood of Confusion

This Summer Bertel Smitt reported for the Truth About Cars about a Kunming barber who changed exterior of his Nissan Bluebird into a Lamborghini Aventador.

The police confiscated the car. But not because of intellectual property rights infringements (based on trademark, copyright or design-patent rights) Smitt wrote:

"When a car is registered in China, a picture is taken of the car. If the car doesn’t resemble the picture, you have a problem. An insidious punishment was handed down: The barber was ordered to restore the car to its original documented shape."

So the basis for the confiscation is not the likelihood of confusion (when you hear the race monster's modest motor this might become obvious) but the inability for the police to identify the car. Read here. Compare with the original Lamborghini Aventador here.

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Exposed Fake Kunming Popular News Story Debunked

Now that Kunming officially is the fake capital of China, IP Dragon sent a stringer there and in the name of genuineness and gonzo journalism we break the following shocking news. The reputable China Hearsay, got a tip from an anonymous blogger in Kunming. China Hearsay's intern Kiki confirmed the news. That all the people that sit in the press room of the highly popular Popular News in Kunming are actors, read here.

As said, IP Dragon did some research of its own: "We got news from our stringer in Kunming, that the anonymous blogger that informed Mr Abrams was in fact Wolfgang Wang." 

The very same Wolfgang Wang started an affair with Kiki, China Hearsay's intern. It became clear that together they fabulated the news that the Popular Press was not a foreign bureau. However, when we tried to  translate the transcripts of  their official reaction we were unable. That foreign. And a background check on Wolfgang Wang demonstrated the following: Wolfgang Wang was misleading Kiki about the origins of the Popular Press, while making a fortune from speculating that its stock price would plummet. And worst of all distracting her from making any real discovery about his fake Kunming BMW dealership.

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The Apple Does Not Fall Far From The Tree In Kunming

BirdAbroad is a blogger in Kunming, Yunnan province. She came across a very convincing Apple Store ripoff, and then found two other such stores. Read here investigative post in which she said she was from the Apple corp. in the U.S. in order to shoot some pictures. Read "Are you listening, Steve Jobs?" here.

UPDATE: Michael Martina, 'Chinese authorities find 22 more fake Apple stores', Reuters, August 11, 2011.

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