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Looks like Nokia was pretty serious about their commitment to fraudulent phones; by our approximation the counterfeit lawsuits aren't due to end any time in the near future. After confiscating thousands of fakes in Scandiland and taking on Suplimet Corp. and getting a couple dudes sentenced to a few years in jail, Nokia's aimed their sights at the holy grail of gadget ripoff artistry: China. They've launched suits against two knockoff firms based out of Shenzhen: Shenzhen Telsda Mobile Communication Industry Development Co. and Song Xun Da Zhong Ke Electronic Shenzhen, both apparently infringing on the design of their so-so deco 7260. Nokia's only seeking about sixty grand in damages, but really for these guys it's about setting a precedent on Chinese soil, where you can be sure they intend to move more (legit) low-end product than you can shake a Peking duck at. Now, why these two supposed culprits weren't spending their time knocking off a slightly more impressive phone --like, say, their oft imitated 8800 -- is kind of beyond us, but hey, we're sure the Chinese market will dictate which cheapo ripoffs ultimately make for the best sellers.
In a
surprising turn of events, China has decided to create a cheap domestic rip off of a popular product. With RIM finally
readying the BlackBerry for its Chinese release, after a couple of years of delays, China Unicom has launched a
"RedBerry" service that will offer push email to current subscribers on their existing CDMA handsets. Never
the type to shy away from copyright infringement, China Unicom issued a press release stating: "The RedBerry name
extends the vivid name of BlackBerry that people are already familiar with, and it also combines the new red symbol of
China Unicom." Good to know they're feeling chipper about it. So far there's no word from RIM, but if a lawsuit
doesn't end this there could be some stiff competition in the low-end between the services since the RedBerry offering
sounds to be considerably cheaper than RIM's.





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