BMW loses X5 rip-off copyright case against Shuanghuan CEO in Italy

Shuanghuan CEO

It doesn’t take a genius to know that Shuanghuan Automobile ripped off the design of BMW’s X3 (tail lamps) and first generation X5 SUVs when it styled the Shuanghuan CEO. Even the name is similiar to the X5’s “the boss is back” tagline when it was launched in Malaysia.

But apparently a court in Milan, Italy couldn’t see that, and rejected BMW’s claim that the Chinese SUV infringed its copyright. BMW won a similiar case on its home grounds in Munich in July this year.

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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

Comments

  • mitlanevo (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    just like the China fake CRV not long ago, haha

    copyright = the right to copy, lol~

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  • CFA28 (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    This either means that either the German Judge was biased or the Italian judge was blind. Judgements does not mean anything if Shuanghuan Automobile does not operate out from Germany or Italy.

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  • jolly_idiot (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Haha! Chinese! Always come out with surprise. So whose next to be copied? Volvo? Or Merc?

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  • e-nabilll (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    those judges must have been paid alot by Shuanghuan…..we all know how corrupt italy is ……btw , wat kinda turn off name is Shuanghuan anyway?? who wd buy a car with that name on it?!!

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  • car_craze (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    I saw this CEO at a foreign motorshow last year. One thing the Chinese car manufacturers cannot copy yet is the quality. It’s really bad, especially the interior gaps and flushness.

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  • muharifz (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    Typical…they can come up with something which looks exactly the same but poor quality. e.g. NOKIA N95 ~ NOKLA N95; SONY ~ SOMY

    Same goes to this BMW X5….

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  • calvin_ngan (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    just came back from China, almost everything is fake… from antiques, to paintings… even fashion cloths… you know, there is a joke saying a guy tried to commit suicide by eating a box of rat poison, surprisingly he survived because the rat poison appears to be fake… China oh China…

    Do you know they have a Fake Forbidden City? Yes, brick by brick, columns by columns… an actual duplicate of the real Forbidden City.

    http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2007/08/heng-dian-studio-and-the-forbidden-city/

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  • kei9 (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 3:44 pm

    They just love to copy stuff ain;t it? :o

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  • CFA28 (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    Is it just my old eyes or is the tyres a bit too small for the car.

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  • Hil-mei (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    LoL The Chinese can copy anything…..Even a Ferrari Enzo got copied in China…..

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  • wuttaheck (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    pls bring this in NAZA…lol!

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  • bmpower (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 4:35 pm

    Hil-mei said,
    December 22, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
    LoL The Chinese can copy anything…..Even a Ferrari Enzo got copied in China…..

    yeah!.. waiting for that time..
    I bet then, all italian judge will never ever give china win anymore. Hahaha

    China, so fake..
    so now, i start to thinking either Zhang Zhi Yi is fake to..
    Omg!.. what if she’s a man! lol

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  • Fridz (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 4:41 pm

    effortless Chinese make..lol

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  • hans (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    you are right ! Zhang Whi Yi is a man…

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  • billy (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 6:09 pm

    copyright = the right to copy

    as my wife luv to say, nothing is original anymore. semua mau copy and paste

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  • ReactiX (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    told u, nothing goods comes from china. it something that i need is available from other country, i prefer other country rather than china. if there’s no other produce them, i try to minimize as much…

    once my lecturer tells us stories, his friend a businessman go to china. he was told by some chinese businessman, “u want this thing sold at how much? 1 ringgit, 2 ringgit? 20cent we also can make!”.

    thats how they willing to do for business. quality wise, tadakkk…

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  • mystvearn (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    Maybe proton should not invest in that country. Or if we want to invest, lets give them the original saga. If they want to copy that, go ahead

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  • csv (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 11:51 pm

    haha, typical china people. copy copy copy.

    pui!

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  • seat-belt (Member) on Dec 22, 2008 at 11:59 pm

    china=copycat….

    sometimes,i feel very lucky that i’m born in malaysia….

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  • l3ryan (Member) on Dec 23, 2008 at 12:05 am

    any front end picture of this piece of crap?

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  • gajen (Member) on Dec 23, 2008 at 2:22 am

    WTH? when are they going to stop copying…i dont see the point of copying..if i copy i dont feel proud at all…

    indirectly this shows tht bmw produce well-designed cars or else they wouldn’t have copied…a good leader will produce lots of followers

    and wat abt the crash test…

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  • charles27 (Member) on Dec 23, 2008 at 5:26 am

    not that similar with X5 laa… just the dimension i guess.
    but this one price can buy 5 X5 already.. haha

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  • BanyakMasukWorkshop (Member) on Dec 23, 2008 at 7:50 am

    charles27 said,
    December 23, 2008 @ 5:26 am

    not that similar with X5 laa… just the dimension i guess.
    but this one price can buy 5 X5 already.. haha
    ______________________________________________________-

    not that similar?? it looks like you can take the doors of this car and put them on an X5!!?!

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  • normaluser (Member) on Dec 23, 2008 at 8:18 am

    Not only the BMW they copied, they copied Smart, Toyotas & Hondas too.
    Look at these:
    http://www.thetycho.com/galleries_shuanghuan.htm

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  • corolla_KE70 (Member) on Dec 23, 2008 at 9:27 am

    Dont worry BMW! This crap will disassemble itself once it hit 60km/j!!

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  • Sex is wonderful, but it's like champagne.If you're forced to have four glasses at every meal you start to fantasize about water. (Member) on Dec 23, 2008 at 10:02 am

    i want buy this car then rebadge bmw and put in ac schnitzer rims then can already, i also got x5 leh, don play play

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  • runpandarun (Member) on Dec 23, 2008 at 10:54 pm

    not only that this car is damn right ugly,its also a copycat. but i dont seem to really care,you see,once that “CREATURE” hits a speedbump all that chinese parts will fall into bits and pieces.

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  • king (Member) on Dec 24, 2008 at 1:39 am

    -nabilll said,
    December 22, 2008 @ 2:32 pm

    those judges must have been paid alot by Shuanghuan…..we all know how corrupt italy is ……btw , wat kinda turn off name is Shuanghuan anyway?? who wd buy a car with that name on it?!!

    —-

    many bmw wannabes will buy lar…

    like sex bla bla said, just stick a bimmer logo into it and presto…you get BMW X3.

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  • Sex is wonderful, but it's like champagne.If you're forced to have four glasses at every meal you start to fantasize about water. (Member) on Dec 24, 2008 at 9:27 am

    ssangyong also got, stick mercdes badge

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