If the Tubizien does not make a living with the sale of these clothes, it puts butter in his spinach. With in particular a design that had its little success. “I created a t-shirt with the logo the first name of Wout accompanied by a cyclist against the backdrop of a black-yellow-red flag. It is 100 % legal because I do not use the name of the cyclist (Editor’s note: Van Aert, in this case) and it’s been 4 years that he sells well. Especially in summer because it is the season of T-shirts.”
What was his surprise a few days ago when, when he surfaces on the internet, an advertisement offered to buy his own t-shirt on platforms with which he did not trade. “It was almost the same t-shirt, assures the Tubizien. The only difference is that the counterfeit had Belgian flags on the sleeves, which is not the case with the original.”
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After investigation, Pascal quickly understood that the referenced sites were fraudulent. “Not only because they have planned me but above all because people who order do not actually receive their orders. And are therefore defrauded since they are never reimbursed. I found around twenty different sites and I tried to have them blocked.”
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And this Tuesday, a new cold shower: this time, it is the Chinese giant of online sales, TEMU, who allowed himself to sell a perfect copy of the Creations of the Belgian fifties. “I imagine that counterfeit t-shirts really exist because the brand would not host companies that make fictitious trade. It is therefore not necessarily scam but plagiarism! These are copies of my designs except that it is the very poor quality sold for barely 5 €. In the first washing, flocking will take off.”
Unfortunately, the Tubizien already knows that it will be very complicated to make his rights heard. “Fraudulent t-shirts are produced in China, a country that specializes in plagiarism. On Ali Express, an impressive number of false gameboy games (Editor’s note: Pascal is also a video game collector) are put on sale. If even Nintendo cannot fight the phenomenon, how me, a little BW rikiki, would be able to make my rights heard. The iron jar. “
