March 4, 2011 -
PRLog -- At the “Ambiente”
consumer goods fair that ran until February 15 in Frankfurt, a Chinese mixer manufacturer was awarded the “Plagiarius”
prize. This so-called negative prize is awarded – according to a statement by the Initiative against Ideas Theft, headed by Professor of Design Rido Busse – for “particularly blatant plagiarism”.
In the case of the “award-winning”
Chinese mixer manufacturer, the object in question is a copy of the Hansgrohe designed wash basin mixer “Focus S“. The Chinese company has also been listed on the German stock exchange since the year 2010.
Every year since 1977, manufacturers and distributors of pirated products are “distinguished”
with the “Plagiarius”
award. “Our aim is to expose the blatant theft of ideas – which is to say, intellectual property theft – as a means to raise public awareness of the unscrupulous business practices of the product pirates,” is how Professor Rido Busse describes the intention behind “Aktion Plagiarius e.V.”.
The award trophy is in the form of a black gnome with a golden nose – a metaphor for illicit earnings: “It is the golden nose the product pirates earn for themselves, literally at the expense of the original manufacturers,"
says Busse. The total of ten recipients of the Plagiarius Prize for 2011 – the "prize no one wants” – were chosen by an eight-member panel of judges representing a wide range of different sectors or interests, including design, protection of industrial property rights, the business community and industry associations.
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