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I am into older Maserati's. Own a couple of them. I do a lot of manufacturing myself. 3d printing, cncing. The problem is that whenever I design a replacement p
by holoduke 8y ago
I am into older Maserati's. Own a couple of them. I do a lot of manufacturing myself. 3d printing, cncing. The problem is that whenever I design a replacement panel, wishbones or various other stuff and try to sell them commercialy I will get sued by the original Maserati company. On a low scale it's fine, but you will never get a living out of it.
The only parts which are in a gray area are rims, exhausts, filters, springs and couple of other parts.
- tyingq 8y agoInteresting. I suppose you could stick with manufacturers that either don't care, or are long defunct.
- kbenson 8y agoIf we had a right to repair law, presumably it would allow third parties to make replacements when the original manufacturer lo linger was. Even without that, I'm kind of surprised they sue. Are they patenting each part? Is there case law that covers this? Or is it just a case of bringing a suit to scare people I sto stopping? I wonder.
- richk449 8y agoWhat do they sue you for? If you are upfront about what you are selling, and you didn't steal any IP, it isn't fraud or theft of trade secrets. Maybe they have patents, and claim you are violating them? I can't see how it is illegal to reverse engineer a part and sell a similar version.
- gambiting 8y agoExactly, 3rd party replacement market for car parts is huge.
- swimfar 8y agoSimilarly, a German-based company started producing replica Mercedes 300 SL bodies but they were shutdown and the bodies had to be crushed. Although, this isn't quite the same, because the bodies weren't used as replacement parts to keep existing cars on the road. https://mercedesheritage.com/classic-mb-culture/mercedes-benz-crushes-unlawlful-gullwing-replica https://mercedesheritage.com/classic-mb-culture/mercedes-ben...