La mai putin de o saptamana de la publicarea primelor imagini cu magazinele Apple false din China, autoritatile din orasul Kunming au decis sa inchida 2 astfel de magazine. Aparent saptamana trecuta autoritatile chineze au verificat nu mai putin de 300 de magazine din provincia Kunming unde Apple nu are nici un magazin oficial si au decis ca 2 dintre stabilimente trebuie inchise pentru ca nu au licenta de comert. Din cele 300 de magazine verificate doar 5 erau clone ale magazinelor Apple insa cele 2 stabilimente inchise sunt diferite fata de cele prezentate saptamana trecuta de presa internationala.
Chinese officials in Kunming ordered two fake Apple shops to close, a local newspaper reported on Monday, an apparent reaction to a storm of media attention about an unauthorized and elaborate hoax store in the southwestern city. After an investigation of 300 shops in the city, officials found five self-branded “Apple Stores” to be operating without authorization from Apple Inc, the Metropolitan Times report, posted on the Kunming government website, said. All five shops were selling genuine Apple products but two were told to shut down because they did not have an official business license, it said. A local government official said two stores were being investigated because they did not have a business license.
Trebuie laudat efortul autoritatilor chineze si rapiditatea cu care s-au miscat insa presupun ca acesta este doar inceputul unei operatiuni de o mult mai mare amploare. Daca magazinele prezentate saptamana trecuta nu au fost inca inchise asta nu inseamna ca ele vor avea viata lunga deoarece verificarea respectarii brevetelor de inventie dureaza mai mult decat verificarea unei simple licente de comert. Probabil in zilele/saptamanile urmatoare vom afla mai multe despre alte operatiuni de acest gen insa ramane de vazut cate dintre ele vor reusi sa inchida efectiv magazinele false.
