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in part by factories sitting idle in China. Almost 80 percent of the seized counterfeit goods in the United States last year were produced in China, where the downturn in legitimate exports during the recession left many factories looking for goods in some cases, any goods to produce."If there is demand, there will be supply," said John Spink, associate director of the Anti Counterfeiting and Product Protection Program at Michigan State University. In China, he said, "it's all of a sudden them saying, 'We have low capacity. What can we make?' "The answer is increasingly knockoffs of lesser known brands, which are easy to sell on the Internet, can be priced higher than obvious fakes and avoid the aggressive programs by the big luxury brands to protect their labels, retail companies and customs enforcement officials say.The results: Faux Samantha Thavasa bags for $113 and Ed Hardy hoodie sweatshirts for $82.50. And, bizarrely, imitations that are more expensive than the real ones: In 2007, Anya Hindmarch sold canvas totes that said "I'm Not a Plastic Bag" for $15. Now fakes are available on the Web for $99. Customs and Border Protection in Long Beach, Calif. "It's like a cat and mouse game."The traders in midprice fakes are employing another new trick: By pricing the counterfeits close to retail prices which they can do when the original product is not too expensive they entice unsuspecting buyers. Any savvy shopper, for example, knows a Louis Vuitton bag selling for $100 cannot be the real thing. (She hasn't. The $190 bag is a fake.)"If the price points are somewhat close, some