If you're going to go through a hobby shop, you'll have no dramas in getting the real thing. I have a clone, and it was all clearly marked clone, so I knew what I was buying.
If you find your LHS and ask for Align by name you will end up with the align helicopter.
I think there is also a US Align site that you should be able to buy direct from, and one of the guys in the states can help me out with the website for that.
there are few fake aligns (as in someone trying to pass a clone as an align product) so you should be fine. If you're looking for an align helicopter through legit stores, you'll have no problems at all