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		culturestate on May 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My service to check whether an item is counterfeit... I'm not a lawyer, but this just seems like a different kind of fraud - two parties knowingly engaged in a transaction involving counterfeit products, where the victim is the original designer rather than the buyer.

toast0 on May 9, 2021 [–]

It's probably a trademark violation, and maybe copyrights and patents do depending on the specific facts, but I wouldn't call those fraud.

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