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And don't forget trademark and copyright bullies. There's a whole bunch of brands that try to restrict distribution of their authentic products using trademark
by ikeboy 6y ago
And don't forget trademark and copyright bullies. There's a whole bunch of brands that try to restrict distribution of their authentic products using trademark law - see e.g. https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/11/17661254/bethesda-sell-used-games-amazon-block https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/11/17661254/bethesda-sell-use..., or my previous comment at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22079904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22079904.
As I've mentioned several times on HN, I'm currently suing TP-Link for asserting false IP claims against me. We actually just amended to add new antitrust claims, which might work, being that TP-link is the largest manufacturer in the WiFi router market by far.
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago> As I've mentioned several times on HN Please provide links when referring to old discussions. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23285174 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23285174 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23278177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23278177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22697693 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22697693
- ikeboy 6y agohttps://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=author%3Aikeboy%20tp-link&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... This has them all
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoNice, thanks.
- ajmurmann 6y agoIt's particularly unfortunate that trademark law in essence forces trademark holders to be bullies. Hard to come up with a law structured to cause more litigation.
- ikeboy 6y agoNothing in the law forces them to restrict resale of their products. If anything, it might be an antitrust violation. Some abusive patent suits might be antitrust violations as well. See e.g https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/20/apple-intel-file-antitrust-case-against-softbank-backed-firm-over-patent-practices.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/20/apple-intel-file-antitrust-c...