Is it illegal for store to replace clothing labels with their own label? ?

Question

A store is buying inexepensive suits, cutting the labels out and replacing them with their own labels...is that legal?

Answer 1

Yes, very much so.

Answer 2

yes it's illeagal.

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

Yes it is illegal, it is copyright infringement,

that is essentially taking someone else's product and saying it is your own.

Answer 5

It sounds illegal and yes is false advertising

Answer 6

legal only if the original manufacturer signed over the rights to manufacture  it under their own name

Answer 7

...no...its not legal

Answer 8

how do you know this...?

Answer 9

no, it's false advertising.

Answer 10

No, that is VERY VERY illegal...

That is FRAUD!

That is Trademark Infringement...

There are MANY MANY laws that they are breaking in doing this.

You need to inform the Better Business Bureau RIGHT AWAY!

You can do it anonymously if you are an employee… Just make sure that you don’t stop writing… GO to your local BBB Building and have a sit down!!

BE a whistle blower… This company is committing FRAUD on their customers!

Answer 11

     i would guess not.

Answer 12

doesnt the mall do that???

most mall stores do i guess

so its not illegal

it shoulde be though

Answer 13

I wouldn't say "illegal" but it does violate the original stores designs.  Why would anyone want "Bob's Suit" when they could have a Chanel?

Or why is it right to sell Walmart Jeans and say they are "Bob's Jeans" or "Chanel" for that matter?  Honesty is better.

Answer 14

is it possible that the clothing is made for them or that they purchased the rights to the name.

Answer 15

No and it is a crime of patent and or copy right infringement. If you know of this for a fact call your better business bureau and report it immediately.

Answer 16

No, it's called business.

Answer 17

its called fraud

Answer 18

my old boss used to do that. she would buy $20 dressed from shops in the UK and Caribbean and mexico and sell them $90-$120 a piece and call its "foreign forward fashion". she would sell those haviannas flip flops ($3 in barbados) for $35 a piece. she made one h**l of a profit.

Answer 19

You didn't specify.  Do they own the label or name they are putting in the suites?  Is it a store brand they are putting in, or is it some designer label?

Rebranding is very legal assuming you have agreements with the manufacturer and have trade mark agreements with the label.

Do you believe that Dell actually builds TV's for example?  No, they put their label on someone else's TV's.  So do most manufacturers.

Answer 20

IT IS CONSIDERED A CRIME AND IN SOME CASES YOU CAN GO TO PRISON, LOSE EVERYTHING YOU OWN AND THEN STILL OWN WELL OVER MILLIONS IN A COURT ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST YOU AND THE OTHERS INVOLVED.

DO PEOPLE DO IT? YES EVERYDAY LOOK AT THE PURSES AND WATCHES THAT ARE COPIES AND IF YOU STAY CURRENT WITH THE WALL STREET JOURNAL THE CRIMINALS ARE GETTING CAUGHT ALL THE TIME!