Feds seize ‘counterfeit Apple AirPods’ that are actually OnePlus Buds
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Re: Feds seize ‘counterfeit Apple AirPods’ that are actually OnePlus Buds
#2What's next, seizing Surfaces as "counterfeit iPads"?
What a sad state of things.
Re: Feds seize ‘counterfeit Apple AirPods’ that are actually OnePlus Buds
#3Hard to be counterfeit if you don't claim to be the thing....
Re: Feds seize ‘counterfeit Apple AirPods’ that are actually OnePlus Buds
#4They look so similar to the Huawei Freebuds 3 sitting in my desk, except that the top cap is also round.
Edit: it appears that the OnePlus buds are also fully round
Re: Feds seize ‘counterfeit Apple AirPods’ that are actually OnePlus Buds
#5What if they're counterfeit OnePlus products and somehow the message to be released to the public was lost in a 'telephone' game? Brand name dilution can cause some less tech-astute folks to refer to earbuds by the popular AirPods brand name. And given the visual similarity it's easy to see how this kinda thing could cascade from a miscommunication like that.
That said it's also pretty believable that CBP thought they were intercepting clearly marked OnePlus goods as infringing on Apple's trademarks....somehow...
Re: Feds seize ‘counterfeit Apple AirPods’ that are actually OnePlus Buds
#6If they have an identical shape to AirPods, they could run afoul of a design patent. But they look different to me.
That’s still not “counterfeiting”. The difference between counterfeits and knock-offs (KERFs) is consumers will help you fight counterfeiting and will go out of their way to buy knock-offs.
Re: Feds seize ‘counterfeit Apple AirPods’ that are actually OnePlus Buds
#7The legal definition of counterfeit product (as realized by CBP's jurisdiction) boils down to:
Bares a Registered Trademark and does not have a signed letter of authenticity by the trademark holder authorizing its import.
That is super broad and covers a lot of things most people would think to be false positives like legit items sold second hand.
But even that doesn't cover thinking OnePlus Buds are AirPods.
Re: Feds seize ‘counterfeit Apple AirPods’ that are actually OnePlus Buds
#8What's next, seizing Surfaces as "counterfeit iPads"? What a sad state of things.
Re: Feds seize ‘counterfeit Apple AirPods’ that are actually OnePlus Buds
#9This is probably a combination of a Section 337 investigation by the USITC that includes OnePlus in its scope and directs CBP to seize certain OnePlus goods, a bombastic press release from CBP, and The Verge reporter not being insightful and generating clickbait.
https://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2019/er0926ll1...
Re: Feds seize ‘counterfeit Apple AirPods’ that are actually OnePlus Buds
#10This is probably a combination of a Section 337 investigation by the USITC that includes OnePlus in its scope and directs CBP to seize certain OnePlus goods, a bombastic press release from CBP, and The Verge reporter not being insightful and generating clickbait. https://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2019/er0926ll1...
The Verge’s quality has tanked so hard over the last few years. What happened?