Wow, I never knew any one counterfeited by the Chinese . 
Sort of a compliment, I think . 
I know a guy back in SW MN who has many interests and skills. He has an old style shoe shop, and does repair. He is a person that is always thinking about how to make things better. He is a SCUBA diver and was always irritated by the way the buckles on the gear would snag weeds. He went to work and developed a buckle system that was easier to operate, and it didn't snag weeds. He was showing it to me and explaining everything, and then he told me that within one year of release the Chinese had stolen the design, and he was out. However, he made several thousand off it before they took over.
Every couple years he releases something new, and he makes a fair amount on everyone of them. After his first experience he learned to not waste the time and money on patents, because they mean nothing to the foreign manufacturers.