Fake Chinese car brands
China Manufactures Copycat Cars Audi, Range Rover, Rolls-Royce and many others.
In 2013 alone, China's auto industry produced 18 7 million cars, $ 22 7 total cars produced worldwide, making it one of the largest Chinese industries.
The Chinese automotive market makes international brands of cars and those potentially unprecedented However, they also treat another group of cars, they may seem troubling familiar, but rest assured that they are not; the car you thought was a Range Rover Evoque was but the car equivalent Chinese copycat named Landwind X7.
Geely GE Rolls-Royce Phantom Image Source Associated Press Rolls-Royce.
The manufacture of imitation cars is something that China and its local automotive markets engaged in for some time now Some of these cars are very obvious copies of some of the most renowned brands, while some pay subtle but very visible tribute to the original Grander Some of the cars they have drawn inspiration include the Mini Cooper, the Range Rover Evoque and a Rolls-Royce model.
Whatever the extent of this practice could be in China, its legality remains doubtful Oliver Tidman, lawyer BRIFFA said there is no law on international copyright, but there are international agreements such the Berne Convention for the protection of literary and artistic works These require countries to mutually recognize intellectual property rights According to him, although copyright laws around the world can vary from country to country , the basic principles remain the same.
Lifan Motors 320 Mini Countryman Mini Image courtesy Newspress.
In fact, not only the copied object, but the original design would be too subject to the breaking of copyright in places such as the UK Copyright protects artistic works; Tidman said that the copyright of the car design exist in 2D graphics on a computer screen or drawing.
Hawtai Porsche Cayenne Image source Hawtai Porsche Cayenne.
However, were one of the original brands to suspect that the designs for their cars were copied, it would be difficult to prove it to do, the company will inspect and compare the similarities and visible individually decide if they are the result of independent creation or if the design has actually been copied from the original There must be a causal link between the two works, which can be difficult to prove, says Tidman.
However, if one of these cars manage to be deemed an original, he may get his registered design, as well as the right to receive protection of the registered design lasting up to 25 years.
Great Wall Peri Nissan Note Nissan Courtesy Flickr Order 242.
The number of cars that Chinese carmakers have copied so far is too vast to list However, the imitators are available to the public at prices much less than the original cost, for example, the Landwind X7 copy clear of the Range Rover Evoque costs about 14,000; a Range Rover original, secondly, costs about 35 000 more, which is perhaps one reason why the general public seems to prefer the original copies.
Landwind X7 and Range Rover Evoque Courtesy Siya_Papu Twitter Rover Land.
Other cars Chinese automakers copied are the Smart Fortwo, the Hummer, Porsche Cayman, the Audi A6, the Jeep Cherokee and the BMW X1; Rolls-Royce and MINI Cooper haven t been spared.
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