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Duffin Dagels’ rip-off of Dunkin’ Donuts – brand theft at its most vulgar

Here. At least the Vuitton fakes look good for a week, but you’d have to be pretty subnormal to be seen alive/dead in Duffin Dagels, and pretty legally clueless to buy a franchise off Antonio Crespo Lopez – or perhaps not, if Spain’s record on intellectual property protection in digital markets is a reliable guide.…

Spanish Christmas Lottery rips off Google logo

Google translates the “I’m feeling lucky” button into Spanish as “Voy a tener suerte”, which is closer to “It’s my lucky day.” So, easy meat for ventura24.es, which wants to associate a brand for losers with one where you really do win (almost) every time you play. Google may be an addiction, but it isn’t…