KingMC
The Pun-isher
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2014
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If you are just concerned with the law, US patents have no jurisdiction in China. Ganzo is doing nothing illegal. It is the resellers importing them into the US that are acting against the law. People can't have it both ways, it is either legal or not. You can't chose where you want to apply the law when it suits you and ignore where it doesn't without being hypocritical. That is the root of my post's intent.
If someone lives in the US and purchases a Ganzo knife, the law has been broken; who broke the law is immaterial when it was broken. The company might be based in a country where the patent is not valid nor respected, but that doesn't give them the right to sell their products in a country where the patent is valid, either they keep their sales in their own country or they face patent law infringement selling them here.
Is a law being broken by selling these knives in the US? Yes. Can't get much simpler than that.
Your opinion is noted as in favor of supporting design theft because it's not your problem, it's not a popular opinion here and don't expect that to change.