They are. The picture shows that they are 1plus buds but inside the box, they are not 1plus buds at all. They look like AirPods to me.So... they aren’t counterfeit AirPods?
They are. The picture shows that they are 1plus buds but inside the box, they are not 1plus buds at all. They look like AirPods to me.So... they aren’t counterfeit AirPods?
Please look again. Compare the shape of the case and of the buds to the product images on oneplus.com and apple.com. Look at the contour of the buds in the case lid. AirPods don’t have that cylindrical end. They are OnePlus Buds, not AirPods.They are. The picture shows that they are 1plus buds but inside the box, they are not 1plus buds at all. They look like AirPods to me.
They are. The picture shows that they are 1plus buds but inside the box, they are not 1plus buds at all. They look like AirPods to me.
While that was the original point of trademark law, that's not all modern laws against counterfeit goods cover. To take the fake rolex example, all those $5 flea market fakes are illegal even if the sign and any packaging clearly says they're fake (and even if they're 4th shift goods, as happens with designer clothing), because it undermines the prestige of the brand in the eyes of other potential customers and so has been banned as counterfeiting too.But they are not counterfeit. They are not trying to fool customers buying them as Apple products but Oneplus products. Copying design is totally different thing and that's what they have done here. It's all about if the fooling customers or bending copyright and design. But hey, at least they fooled CBP...
While that was the original point of trademark law, that's not all modern laws against counterfeit goods cover. To take the fake rolex example, all those $5 flea market fakes are illegal even if the sign and any packaging clearly says they're fake (and even if they're 4th shift goods, as happens with designer clothing), because it undermines the prestige of the brand in the eyes of other potential customers and so has been banned as counterfeiting too.
Sure, now go look at a Rolex “homage” made by Invicta. It’s almost identical, but has the Invicta branding. This is a much more accurate parallel to the OnePlus Buds vs AirPods....and it’s legal.
True. Although, at this point a new Submariner is also practically an homage to the original. I would think Rolex could make a stink about the thicker lug design, ceramic bezel or 70h power reserve movement design if they wanted to.It would be the same with the Rolex Submariner. It's design is no longer protected, but the Rolex trademark is.
A lot of people get very moralistic about copying designs, but it is covered by very complex International Law and that is what people should go by.
What an intelligent comment.
Customs and Border Patrol perform extremely useful and important services (which is why we have them in the first place).
They make a mistake, a stupid mistake, like this and your response is to categorically deny them (and the entire government, apparently) as useless.
Cool. Adult. Very.
Yes. Useless. Private markets are infinitely more efficient and truthful. The government by its very nature is wasteful, destructive, and useless. Customs protects me from nothing, and if I had a choice the government wouldn’t be stealing from me to pay their salary for services I didn’t ask for.
I'm sorry, there is so much wrong with this statement.
The problem with being a libertarian individualist is that you have to live by yourself, with no other people around you. You have to make your own clothes (perhaps optional in this case), grow your own food, build your own shelter, heal your own injuries, teach yourself about your surroundings.
- Private markets can't be more efficient because the owner demands a cut of gross income as profit. In every single case of a public system (transport, hospitals, schools) in Australia being privatized, costs to the user have gone up and levels of service have gone down. Many times I have asked someone to give me a counter-example and they have not been able to.
- Private markets are truthful. Really? Please give me an example.
- Government is wasteful. No. The vast majority of public servants are hardworking, dedicated and work effectively with fewer resources than private enterprise. Yes, there are a few who aren't, but that is so in any organization. See statement 1.
- Government is not destructive. Private companies are destructive. Just look up the reports of Rio Tinto blowing up some ancient rock shelters in Western Australia. These were not just the property of the local land owners, but were the heritage of all mankind because of their age. Three Mile Island was a privately owned and run system. Etc, etc, etc.
- Government is not useless. Who else sets up laws that keeps society on some sort of nearly even keel? Do you really want to live in a society where there are no laws? Every society (every grouping of two or more people) has some form of government. Consider a share house where the housemates agree on doing the washing up and stocking the fridge. That's a government in a very small scale. The only way to have no government is to live as a hermit.
- Customs protects you and your family from dangerous baby toys, adulterated hand sanitizer and batteries that blow up when being recharged.
- Governments make you pay taxes for all sorts of things, like making laws and having a standing army and police force. Do you really want to live in a society where only the well-off can afford a police force, or where the local warlord kidnaps your sons to defend his borders?
In any other situation you have a society with government, laws, taxes and public servants.
Don’t take my money to pay for things you want. If you want something, that’s fine, pay for it yourself. If you think the government is there for your good, I’m sorry for you but you’re ignorant to the truth.
this dude must think that his Toyota is a Ferrari, because it has 4 wheels.Really?
Your AirPods look like this?
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Ok.
Great job on a point by point refutation of everything claimed by DaveFromCampbelltown! Stellar, really!