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Isn't the fact that nobody involved in this seizure could tell that they weren't AirPods counterfeits a form of evidence that OnePlus Buds may in some circumsta
by microcolonel 6y ago
Isn't the fact that nobody involved in this seizure could tell that they weren't AirPods counterfeits a form of evidence that OnePlus Buds may in some circumstance be AirPods counterfeits?
- eganist 6y agoNot if oneplus has any protections for their design. But ianal
- lmm 6y agoMaybe it's evidence that AirPods are counterfeit OnePlus Buds. If you want your customers to be assured of getting the genuine article you should put an actual trademark on your product. Apple shouldn't get to claim that anything with a minimalist design is a counterfeit Apple product.
- p49k 6y agoThey look exactly like AirPods, though, which is a design Apple created, as an evolution of EarPods. When EarPods were released, they looked unlike any earbuds ever released, despite the fact that ear buds as a product have existed for 30 years or more. If it were as simple as “minimalist design” any of the 100+ ear bud manufacturers of the past 30 years could have designed something similar. Apple never gets enough credit for their design work in the general tech community. Lots of design work can look “obvious” or minimalist in hindsight.
- Nasrudith 6y agoDespite the resemblance to the "idiot in a hurry test" not really any more than the police mistaking flour for cocaine means that grain mills are massive criminal enterprises that through some sinister alchemy have managed to transmute wheat to cocaine.