Russian counterfeiters flood market with DVD-R blancs labelled Hugo Boss
Posted by: Dmitri Bender in russia, hugo boss, copyright infrigement on Mar 20, 2008
Just a couple of words on how mindblowingly creative counterfeiters might be…
Today I was given a sealed blanc DVD-R disc - a friend just wanted me to burn recent photos for him.
I was about to rip plastic open, but then a got a familiar feeling again - “what’s wrong with that Hugo Boss logo on disc? Why does it miss H?”
Suddenly, I realised what I never in my life came across anything by Hugo Boss exceptfrargancies, watches, clothes and …is that it?
OK, anyways, I definitely never in my lifetime seen a DVD-R disc made by Hugo Boss.
At closer inspection, the surface of the disc appeared boasting a familiar picture - whoa! isn’t it infamouse Hugo (pronounced in Russian as “Ougo” and transcribed as “Ugo”) Chaves?!
Immediately, the devilish wit of counterfeiters became clear
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Of course, holder of Hugo Boss trademark (RU 247287, registered on 2003.05.27) couldnt not claim trademark infrigement, cause in Russia it’s registered only in 3 Nice classes (14, 35 and 42) which do not cover magnetic media, so this case does not fall under my regulat trademark watch service issues, I just wanted to share with you a funny picture
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