Should not have used the word knock off-
bad word--but many fashions you see (clothes
etc) to some degree get "inspiration"(better
word) from others...we see it online with
marketers as well....

So NO GORDON don't get KNOCK OFFS...but if
you do get jewelry just use some of the pictures
you see to get INSPIRATION...by the way the
people I saw were selling bags legitimately--
they were not the ones the police run after.
The corporations were supportive...

So my english on the web haunts me again: I
meant items which looked or felt in "synergy"
with others...

Very few things in life,including people, are
purely Genuine...

Thanks J Bradshaw for bringing this to my
attention...

My INTENT was to help not to get someone JAILED...

Knock-offs are illegal in Kentucky...last
> year a new law was passed concerning
> "fake" designer anythings. The
> very day it went into effect the local and
> state authorities busted a guy at a local
> flea market selling $10 Rolex watches.

> He had bought them on a recent trip to New
> York City. He also had "Nike"
> t-shirts and some other name-brand fakes.
> Mind you, he never said they were the real
> thing...anyone knows a Rolex for $10 has to
> be a fake.

> He was arrested and jailed. His inventory
> was confiscated. He was in big trouble.

> The law is supposed to crack down on
> copyright and trademark violations. Funny
> thing...there are some street vendors set up
> on a corner of a major intersection in an
> abandoned gas station lot selling
> "Nike" shoes for $19.95. Been
> there for over a week. One day the makeshift
> sign reads "Last day!" The next
> day it reads: "New shipment just
> in!" So far they haven't been shut
> down.

> Be careful selling "fake"
> merchandise. It could turn out to be a very
> expensive proposition.

> JDB