A new balance on counterfeit goods
The sports shoe manufacturer New Balance is about to return to Argentina after four years of absence, after it completes some sort of "cleaning" of the market of pirated copies of their famous shoes. Tired of complaining about counterfeits they hired a law firm which followed the trace of copied shoes to stores and traders and by the end of July, requested the seizure of 35,000 pairs with a value of around $ 2 million.
By Martin Krause
August 22, 2005