Articles on Voodoo/TheEx counterfeiting

The Voodoo/TheEx knife set is also covered on the website of the magazine Top Legal. Title: “Mattina obtains a cross‑border injunction against the counterfeit Voodoo knife block.” The piece reports that, represented by attorneys Francesco Mattina and Veronica Terrazzi, designer Raffaele Iannello obtained from the IP‑specialized section of the Court of Florence a seizure order to protect copyright on products named “Voodoo knife block,” together with a cross‑border injunction effective abroad and further copyright safeguards introduced by the directive on the enforcement of IP rights. The notable aspect is the application of copyright rules to an industrial design product.

Corriere della Sera devoted major coverage to the legal battles fought by designer‑entrepreneur Raffaele Iannello to protect his creations from counterfeits. Title: “The designer held hostage by forgers: ‘I have no protection, I risk going bankrupt.’” The article by Elisabetta Andreis details the heavy costs and hardships borne to defend his name against companies that marketed low‑quality, sometimes even unsafe copies, noting that the Voodoo/TheEx set is the most copied product and has been at the center of proceedings and appeals concluded in the author’s favor.

Issue no. 52 of the weekly Gente, on newsstands between late 2015 and early 2016, recounts the day‑to‑day fight of designer‑entrepreneur Raffaele Iannello against counterfeiting. Title: “Help, I create… they destroy me.” The standfirst highlights the risk of bankruptcy due to lawsuits and complaints needed to assert authorship. The article by Raffaella Case describes how the designer’s best‑known work has been sold worldwide in counterfeit form despite court convictions already handed down.

For the 20th anniversary of Voodoo/TheEx, the Today network (Cibo Today, Milano Today, Roma Today, etc.) told the story of the product and the legal actions taken by its author to defend it. Title: “The most copied knife set in the world is Italian. And it turns 20.” The piece retraces the product’s presence across media, films, and museums, and explains how success brought significant costs to fight imitations.

The newspaper revisits the history of the Voodoo/TheEx set and its creator’s path against counterfeiting. Title: “The return of the Voodoo knife set: the Milanese design cult challenges copies with an independent campaign.” Subtitle: “Celebrities love it and perhaps that’s why it became one of the most copied design objects in the world: defending its originality has required time, energy, and money.” The focus is on legal battles, authenticity, determination, and a design that has become iconic.