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      07-01-2014, 02:43 PM   #243
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Originally Posted by iron_man View Post
All my designer stuff I buy in person at Saks Fifth, I NEVER order that stuff online.. If the Burberry Trench they sold me is fake I'm going to be pissed. lol
I'm sure it's authentic. I don't really think Saks is selling fake goods, online or in their stores. LOL.

The point of the Burberry example was to highlight a straightforward enough case where lots of other makers offer a coat that is essentially identical in appearance to a Burberry trench coat -- as seen by a casual observer -- and yet isn't a Burberry. Take Brook's Brothers trench coat for example. If one doesn't see the label and lining pattern, one would not know it's not a Burberry.

That situation is substantively no different than seeing a watch that looks like a Rolex Datejust, for example, but isn't. Yes, there's a legal distinction (see my post above), but the meat of the matter is the same: visually and for the most part, they are indistinguishable to a casual observer, regardless of what label is on them.

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