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human
ELI5: Why do cheap knockoffs slightly change the name of the product (e.g. "Rolex" -> "Rqlex"), when the result it still violating trademarks by using logos and such? If you're going to violate trademarks anyway, why not go all the way?
gpt
One possible answer: at least if you call it something else, you aren't committing fraud.  Trademark infringement isn't a criminal issue, but fraud may be, if you are actually tricking people and claiming it is the real thing.

Another possible answer: the people who create knockoffs aren't necessarily the brightest bulbs in the Christmas tree, and may think that changing a letter actually does absolve them of civil legal liability.

A third possible answer: Chinese law, or whereever these knockoffs are from, may have greater protections for a product that is a variation rather than a carbon copy, and may force a plaintiff to prove more to win a lawsuit.