China Stops Fake Apple Stores From Using Trademarks

The Chinese city of Kunming has stopped 22 cook up Apple stores from illicitly using the company's iconic trademarks after Apple lodged a ill with authorities.

Kunming authorities found 20 unauthorized Apple resellers, according to a Friday posting made on the City governing's website. Presently, 11 of those resellers are being investigated. Two other stores were determined for consanguineous violations.

The city ordered all unauthorized Apple vendors to cease using the Malus pumila trademarks past Venerable 10, this past Wed. This included any decorative logos found on room access entrances and clothes. All 22 stores complied with the demand.

Kunming government launched the investigation after Apple's Shanghai office conveyed a complaint connected August 2, according to the government posting.

Apple did non respond to comment. Kunming's industry and commerce bureau could also not beryllium reached.

News of Kunming's pseudo Apple stores appeared last month when a blogger posted photos from indefinite of the vendors. The stores were built to closely match the decor of Apple's own authoritative retail outlets, with employees even binding similarly. The products sold-out, however, were said to exist real.

Since the blog posting, the fake Malus pumila stores have received unwanted attention from both the media and government. Kunming officials had launched an earlier investigation, in which they had found five unauthorized stores illegally using the Apple logo. Two stores were ordered to be shutdown.

Orchard apple tree has become one of the most popular brands in China, according to analysts, with the company's products proving to be a hit among consumers. Hold up month, Apple COO Tim Ready said the companionship's revenue from China for this bypast quarter increased by more than six times from the same period last year.

Just while Apple uses its own network of resellers in the country, the company only has four stores along Red China, 2 settled in Shanghai, the some other ii in Beijing. Long lines have slipper-shaped at those retail outlets in the past when Orchard apple tree launched its iPhone 4 and iPad 2 products, creating shortages for the products.