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Wolff's flea Market conducts ongoing research on trending counterfeits and intellectual property. Then we try our best to share information with you. We aren't lawyers and this is not legal advice. We do not represent any brands, and strive to understand and educate on the complexities of counterfeits which, according to some estimates account for over 3% of all world trade! Images shown are used for purposes of education & discussion. We do not allow counterfeit products at our market. Parameters and restricted brands may change at any time as we continue to learn.

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Learn more about intellectual property HERE

TRENDING: Cards, video games, LABUBU, squishies, streetwear, blind boxes, Hello Kitty (makeup, accessories, purses, ponchos), PVC keychains. infringing tumblers, plush.

BLIND BOXES

No Labubu - new, used, real, fake
Know your characters and their and collaborating licensees. Examples: Disney x Popmart, Marvel x Popmart, Netflix x K-Pop Demon Hunters + Mattel/Hasbro
No lookalike packaging. Example: Dumpling look alike wrappers/containers that are not the official item licensed by RMS/Crazy Fun.
Know your packaging quality. Check for QR codes, spelling, grammar, printing mistakes.
Know your merchandise sources. A lot of stale counterfeit stock and fakes of rare, hard to find items are around the Chicago area.

How many mistakes

can you find?

FAKE

No “dumpling look alike” packging designed to be nearly identical to the officially brande

SHOE CHARMS NOT ALLOWED

*The PATENT (physical design) of Jibbitz is owned by Crocs. "Generic" shoe charms are thus not allowed. READ MORE

THESE ARE NOT JIBBITZ

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APPLE

APPLE AIRPODS, "WHITE BOXES", OR LOOK ALIKES NOT ALLOWED

JERSEYS

SOCCER/FOOTBALL JERSEYS
International soccer team jerseys need to be officially licensed by companies such as Nike, Adidas, Puma. Look for sewn neck tags & proper hang tags.
Read more HERE

CRAFTING

TUMBLERS
DIY homemade tumblers with infringing branded or character images are not allowed.

Example of a "mash-up" shirt. It combines the Friends TV show name and font plus a variety of horror characters. Infringes trademarks and copyrights of several entities. You are not licensed by the original brands to sell these items, nor was the person who sold you the design file. Read more HERE