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Klipsch Sues China Manufacturers Over Counterfeit Headphones
Klipsch Group, Inc. (KGI), the parent company behind Klipsch, Energy, Mirage and Jamo declared war today, in the form of legal action, against 23 Chinese manufacturers selling counterfeit Klipsch Image S4 and Klipsch Image S4i headphones under the Klipsch brand name. On December 16, 2011, the company received an order from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York allowing the suspension of service to domains and sellers on trade boards selling counterfeit Klipsch headphones. In addition, the order allows for restraint on funds in the payment processing and bank accounts of those selling the counterfeit products.
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Good luck. I don't think anything will happen though.
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Wayde Robson should be listened to
Apparently counterfeit is de rigueur in China.
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Jason626 is a forum member in good standing
China's model: The world invents, we produce and steal your technology.
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They dont steal the technology, just the look so they can sell it to unsuspecting people.Originally Posted by Jason626
China's model: The world invents, we produce and steal your technology.
Seriously, I have no life.
j_garcia should be listened to
Except that this still hurts the profits of the product they are copying. In this case, it seems they are actually using the real company name (usually they modify it to look/sound similar) which is even worse because they could sell a POS with the real name on it, diluting the brand.
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Yep, Klipsch has had a lot of problems with it. Their forums have a few threads on how to spot the fakes I believe.
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China couldn't give a rats @ss what American courts say. Like from the movie Taken, "Good Luck".
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Where are the "real" Klipsch products manufactured?
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Exactly- and frankly thats part of the problem. (I don't know for sure that Klipsch's stuff is made in China, per se, but point taken.)
I remember working on the Cleveland Golf tour van and being asked to bend a club for a guy. Looking at and mounting it in the bending machine I never would have known it was a fake. It broke very easily when I tried to move it- something an authentic product would have never done. Asked him where he got them- ebay.
If you buy something new, always buy it from an authorized reseller. What sucks is that Americans are just as greedy as the chinese cause we're the ones buying the junk to save a few bucks.
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