Kobe beef in the US is apparently not Kobe beef. They’re all fake, so are several other foreign-originated food according to Larry Olmstead.
This is part of a pattern of deliberate actions going back well over a century on the part of the Federal government to actively ignore foreign trademarks and intellectual property claims in order to support domestic industries. It has very much been done on purpose, and continues to be done on purpose, at the expense of the American consumer (and foreign producers). It is also stunningly hypocritical, and flies directly in the face of the government’s deep pocketed attempts to combat piracy in the arenas of music, film, technology, and software
Utter disregard by the US Government on intellectual property rights on food items
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