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Wikipedia says the European Commission says this is an urban legend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE_marking#China_Export https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE_marki

Wikipedia says the European Commission says this is an urban legend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE_marking#China_Export https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE_marking#China_Export I mean I don't know anything about it, just wanted to point that out. But then this one https://support.ce-check.eu/hc/en-us/articles/360008642600-How-To-Distinguish-A-Real-CE-Mark-From-A-Fake-Chinese-Export-Mark https://support.ce-check.eu/hc/en-us/articles/360008642600-H... says it's real, I'm confused. Edit: I'm going to go through every single device/cable I have at home and examine the font and the arrangement of the two letters now, the C and the E need to be on two circles that overlap by exactly the width of the lines.

gruez 6y ago
Isn't it trademark infringement either way? If you tried this with the apple logo and your business was us based you'd be sued out of existence.
- rvba 6y ago
  I speculate that this logo is mostly used for "cheap crap" where they stamp any random logo you want. Also if you sell the "cheap crap" to some country outside of EU, you can still slap the nice CE logo there. And since when shady Chinese companies care about copyrights anyway.
  - conistonwater 6y ago
    I think part of the puzzle is why they would cheat by stamping a logo that is almost right but not quite. Is it that their level of honesty such that they wouldn't cheat regulations but would cheat a trademark? Maybe they themselves can't tell which logo is the correct one so they just stamp anything?
    - gruez 6y ago
      >I think part of the puzzle is why they would cheat by stamping a logo that is almost right but not quite. Is it that their level of honesty such that they wouldn't cheat regulations but would cheat a trademark? Maybe it's a lie that they tell themselves so they can sleep better at night. It's not unlike how "sovereign citizens" believe in various flawed legal arguments to justify how they don't have to pay taxes.
MichaelZuo 6y ago
Do you know if there’s an accurate master list of these labels anywhere? I’m sure the customs and border people must have at least a reference copy floating around.

gruez 6y ago

Isn't it trademark infringement either way? If you tried this with the apple logo and your business was us based you'd be sued out of existence.

rvba 6y ago
I speculate that this logo is mostly used for "cheap crap" where they stamp any random logo you want. Also if you sell the "cheap crap" to some country outside of EU, you can still slap the nice CE logo there. And since when shady Chinese companies care about copyrights anyway.
- conistonwater 6y ago
  I think part of the puzzle is why they would cheat by stamping a logo that is almost right but not quite. Is it that their level of honesty such that they wouldn't cheat regulations but would cheat a trademark? Maybe they themselves can't tell which logo is the correct one so they just stamp anything?
  - gruez 6y ago
    >I think part of the puzzle is why they would cheat by stamping a logo that is almost right but not quite. Is it that their level of honesty such that they wouldn't cheat regulations but would cheat a trademark? Maybe it's a lie that they tell themselves so they can sleep better at night. It's not unlike how "sovereign citizens" believe in various flawed legal arguments to justify how they don't have to pay taxes.

MichaelZuo 6y ago

Do you know if there’s an accurate master list of these labels anywhere? I’m sure the customs and border people must have at least a reference copy floating around.