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It’s not a knockoff unless it’s intended as a copy of a different product. A cheap product in the same category is not a knockoff.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/knockoff
The products all do look the same. They're just missing a specific logo or specific pattern. If you invented the ice cream cone, and then I made an ice cream cone that looked the same, only it had little triangle patterns instead of square patterns, it's still a knock off.
It's like how Oreos were blatant knock offs of Hydrox cookies. But the emblem in the middle of the cookie was different. Still a knock off.
Okay guy, you can define words however you want if that helps you feel good about not knowing the definition of words.
Actually; even using your own Cambridge dictionary definition and examples you linked, it fully shows that I'm correct. Like, just look at the example you provided that talks about a cheap knock off of lord of the rings, for example.
If you aren't able to understand that, then I guess you're just a bit too dumb to comprehend.