China Shutting Down Some (But Not All!) Fake Apple Stores...
from the and-they'll-pop-back-up... dept
With all the attention paid last week to the news of completely fake Apple stores popping up in China, you figured Chinese officials had to do something. Apparently, they started investigating, and shut down some of the fake Apple stores that were found in Kunming city. Perhaps most interesting, however, is that they let some of the stores stay open -- including the very story discovered by the BirdAbroad blog, which kicked off all of this attention. Apparently, officials found that that particular store "has a licence to trade and is selling genuine Apple products."Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Who's surprised?
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The "fake" apple store got shut down because they don't have the proper business license, like if you run a store in your garage without registering/paying for a business license.
They didn't get shut down because they "copied" apple store.
Is it a copyrightable "expression" on how apple stores are set up?
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but to answer your question... Lobotomy might work
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It can explain why some did not get closed.
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China Shutting Down Some (But Not All!) Fake Apple Stores...
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A matter of legality
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No - it wasn't selling real apple products. It was "selling real apple products" - see the difference?
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"including the very story discovered by the BirdAbroad blog"
you mean store??
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Green Light
Apple has now officially lost control over its dealer network in China. They can expect a vast collection of copycat stores. Apple's market share is now about to rocket up in China. If Apple intelligently plays its cards, that it has been dealt by China, Apple can still make a lot of money out of the new situation. This is going to be a real test for Apple management.
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China and Apple stores
One Chinese official told me "They don't even speak proper Chinese there" as he explained why Kunming and Yunnan don't really matter.
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