The Plagiarius-Competition is already announced for the 45th time. Since 1977, Aktion Plagiarius e.V. grants its anti-prize “Plagiarius” to those manufacturers and distributors whom the jury has found guilty of making or selling “the most flagrant” (design) imitations and fakes. The goal is to denounce the unscrupulous business practices of counterfeiters who pilfer intellectual property and pass it off as their own creative achievement; as well as to raise public awareness of this complex problem that exists among industry, politicians and consumers. The black gnome with a golden nose trophy awarded is a symbol of the exorbitant earnings product pirates collect at the cost of innovative companies. This gnome was created to express the German aphorism “to earn oneself a golden nose” which means, “to earn a fortune”.

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