Apple Cracks Down On Fake Gear In NY

Apple isn’t just hitting back at href="http://www.everythingicafe.com/22-more-fake-apple-stores-found-in-china/2011/08/12/">knock-off Apple stores in China — they’re also href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/18/apple-knockoffs-idUSN1E77H1Y920110818">stopping ripoffs in New York. According to Reuters, stores in Chinatown of Queens, New York are accused of selling “unauthorized iPod, iPhone and iPad accessories”, all of which carried the Apple logo.

The two stores targeted in the suit were based in Flushing, Queens, and one was even called Apple Story. Unsurprisingly, Apple is telling them to change that name, and wants information on their suppliers.

This isn’t just a case of someone selling some cases with an Apple logo on them, the accessories were branded ”Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China,” and this was obviously an attempt to fool purchasers into thinking they were the real thing — right down to the packaging on headphones.