Tuesday, August 23, 2011

http://osakabentures.com/2011/08/ikea...

http://osakabentures.com/2011/08/ikea-faked-in-china/

Now its Ikea Getting Knocked Off in China
Posted by OsakaSaul on August 23, 2011 in English | Leave a comment

Just two week ago it was the fake Apple store fiasco that we looked at in my article on that – within the context of blog post virality. See that one here. This time, a store which on the outside appear as this:

Is, on the inside, this (complete with the entire IKEA “package” – customer service, staff attire, spacial cues, etc.):

I thus ask you to weigh in: what will it take for China to be brought to reason in intellectual property acknowledgment?



Conversely, on a brand new idea, at the end of August, 2011, I will be asking you to vote on the opposite point of view: what do you think of an “open source brand?”