Just a lil bit of background info.
Vancl.com - founded by a china serial e-commerce entrepreneur, Chen Nian. The same guy who founded Joyo China which being bought out by Amazon in 2004. Vancl is now china largest online-only fashion etailer, processing more than 30,000 orders per day (yes, per day) with total shipment in excess of 100,000 clothing pieces.
FlyingMouse365.com - founded by a young Malaysian Talent - Mr Chow Hon Lam, find his path to fame in Threadless.com. Widely recognized as one of the most successful designer with most T-shirt Design printed by Threadless.com to date!
Now, you be the judge, who's copying who? (on the right is vancl.com's version)
Or is it just plain coincident?
Here's the link to the CEO stating if we did wrong (plagiarism), we apologize (chinese content).
For those CSI-wannabe, below are the links directly to the product itself for a close scrutiny. web pictures can be deceiving, we highly recommend placing an order for a real lab-test...
Flying Mouse Speed Trap Tee
http://www.flyingmouse365.com/store/tees/speed-trap.html
Vancl's Superman Tee
http://www.vancl.com/Product_0005608/%5BVT%5DDuanXiuYinHuaTXu+Superman+ChengSe.html
On the other hand, seems like Mr Chow's design is so darn popular (it sells very well) that his design is also spotted in one of the Malaysia Fashion Retail Store - "Brands Outlet" (a subsidiary fully owned by PADINI holding, a public listed company in Malaysia Stock Exchange and largest fashion retailer in Malaysia)
Brands Outlet IOI Mall, Puchong, Malaysia
This design looks so familiar... 3 for Rm50 (~ USD 16) , cheap!Could this be another spoof? See here for Mr Chow's Cycling Illusion design. You tell us!
Back to China, anything which can be copied, will be copied. They can even make fake eggs! If General Electric (founded by Thomas Edison, the crazy scientist who hatch eggs, in case you don't know) CEO, Jeff Immelt think it's tough to win in China, then you can forget about suing them. :)
Get a break, have a kit kat and watch some panda show. Have a nice weekend!
