Dec 11th, 2009 · The couple who crashed a White House party went to court because they owed money to a landscaper. Tareq Salahi handed over his Patek Philippe watch. His lawyer said it was worth enough to cover the $2,000 debt. A jeweler found it was an imitation worth $100 or less. The Salahis have since paid the debt by check.
Nov 27th, 2009 · Half a million people have bought the TV show Glee's version of Journey's song "Don't Stop Believing." The show's winning formula is to transform an original song without it reeking of a knockoff.
Aug 15th, 2008 · The success of the social networking site Facebook has spawned knockoffs around the world. Now Facebook is poking back. Last month, it filed a lawsuit against Germany's top social networking site, saying that it copied the "look and feel" of Facebook.
Jul 25th, 2008 · Claiming intellectual property infringement, the toy company Hasbro is suing a pair of brothers from Calcutta, India, who created the Internet phenomenon Scrabulous, a Web-based knockoff of Hasbro's board game Scrabble.
Jul 17th, 2008 · You can fool some people all the time. And apparently, some people like to be fooled. The Brooklyn Museum is planning an exhibit of sculptures that were supposedly made by Christians in Egypt more than a thousand years ago — even though 10 of the 30 sculptures are confirmed fakes. The museum says they're popular and increase appreciation for the real art.
Jul 4th, 2008 · A French court ruled this week that eBay must pay Louis Vuitton more than $60 million in damages for allowing fake goods to be sold through its site. Co-host Ari Shapiro talks with Chris Sprigman, a professor of intellectual property law at the University of Virginia, about the implications of the ruling.
Sep 5th, 2007 · From illegal counterfeits -- products with forged logos hawked by street vendors -- to legal knockoffs -- copycat designs with non-designer labels sold in stores -- imitation couture is a controversial, multi-billion-dollar industry.
Aug 9th, 2007 · Some congressional staffers are working on bill to allow generic versions of expensive biotech drugs. But critics say that testing the knockoff's safety and effectiveness is trickier than it sounds.