Men in Black III Steals Chinese Technology?

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Forget the marauding aliens, the Men in Black may soon have their hands full with an intellectual property infringement lawsuit…in China.  

Chinese gizmo website iGeek claims to have found ironclad evidence that MIB stole the idea for its futuristic space wheely car/bike thingamabob from a patented Chinese invention.  At least, that’s the technical term; just look at the embedded picture. The lettering on the bike in the final image literally reads “Patented Product. Unique in the World.”

iGeek’s (@爱极客) weibo post reads: 

“MIB3 nakedly rip off our country’s patented technology, [and we] have the picture to prove it. The first two pictures show screenshots of the currently popular MIB3 showing in theatres. The pictures below that, taken by netizens in Qingdao in 2007 [yes that's where they brew that famous beer; it's also in Shandong, where CGC is from], show an exquisite specimen of Chinese workmanship. This is patented technology that is unique in the world!” {{1}}[[1]]【黑衣人3赤裸裸的剽窃我国专利技术，有图为证】前两张是最近热映的黑衣人3海报及截图，后面的图是网友07年拍摄于青岛的国货精品，可是全球独家专利技术哦！[[1]]

At least one netizen, however, has come out in defense of the Men in Black. @palm_pre2 tweets, “This kind of device has been around for a long time…just go look at the sci-fi films from a few decades ago…[the device's makers] are lucky they don’t get sued for infringement themselves.” {{2}}[[2]]这种玩意你去翻翻几十年前的科幻电影，早就有了。。。没告这厮侵权就不错了。。。 [[2]]

Patented Product. Unique in the World

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