# Authenticity of counterfeit products **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 27, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authenticity-of-counterfeit-products/1016208 "2025-03-27T17:37:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authenticity-of-counterfeit-products/1016208/5 "2025-03-27T20:10:28Z")
We had a thread discussing counterfeit products last month or so. I popsted in it. I just can’t recall the title or forum. Bah. I will search. Found it! Let us see if this link works > [@These “tells” that give away knockoff merchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-tells-that-give-away-knockoff-merchandise/1014850): > > I’m to understand that there are these signs that a designer product, such as a Gucci bag or a Rolex watch or Air Jordans or what have you, is a knockoff. Perhaps the knockoff second hand on your fake Rolex stops and starts rather than making a continuous movement. Or some indication in the stitching of a knockoff Gucci bag. Or whatever. Is this some sort of legal fiction meant to shield the knockoff manufacturers from legal/civil action? Like, the guy who sells knockoff Gucci bags can tell Guc… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authenticity-of-counterfeit-products/1016208)._