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What is an "illegal importer"? You shouldn't need Apple's permission to import anything. If I steal something from you, can I then run around declaring I shoul
by ubernostrum 8y ago
What is an "illegal importer"? You shouldn't need Apple's permission to import anything.
If I steal something from you, can I then run around declaring I shouldn't need your permission to use it or to take it where I like?
Or -- since it's legally yours -- should you have some say in that and the opportunity to get it back?
At best the stuff he was importing was in the realm of really good counterfeits, and included trademark-violating logos that he or his accomplices did a bad job of covering up. At worst (and seemingly pretty likely) the stuff he was importing was legally Apple's property and had been stolen from them.
There is no chain of argument here that turns this guy into the narrative you want him to be.
- Dylan16807 8y agoEither he had legal possession or he didn't. That matters. He did not violate trademarks. You don't violate a trademark by having a secret hidden logo. That's not even close to how trademarks work.
- ubernostrum 8y agoEither he had legal possession or he didn't. That matters. Either the components were counterfeit, and bore hastily-covered-up trademark-infringing logos, and thus shouldn't have been legally importable. Or they were genuine but stolen, and thus shouldn't have been legally importable. No amount of narrative spin can change that.