![Easyfix Classic" and "Easyfix Classic light" Christmas tree stands](/upload/2021-Tannenparadies-Christbaumstaender-1000-328145.jpg "Easyfix Classic" and "Easyfix Classic light" Christmas tree stands")
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Award: "Easyfix Classic" and "Easyfix Classic light" Christmas tree stands
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Left Originals: Tannen-Paradies GmbH, Berlin, Germany |
Right Plagiarism: Distribution: Gerrit Brinkman Bloemen- en Plantenhandel V.O.F., Wenum Wiesel, Netherlands |
The counterfeiter had been purchasing the original Easyfix Christmas tree stands from the Dutch exclusive partner of Tannen-Paradies since 2012 and distributing them in the Netherlands. Since 2019, he has been selling his visually and colorwise confusingly similar counterfeits and promoting them not only in the Netherlands, but also at trade fairs in several European countries. The counterfeits are less stable and the plastic is not made from recycled plastic, as is customary for Tannen-Paradies and also required by retailers. The imitator argues that the design is not 'protectable' and denies slavish imitation.