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Copyrights and trademarks are entirely different types of IP. ...therefore it's possible to infringe THE TRADEMARK with a counterfeit product. There is no suc
by goodpoint 5y ago
Copyrights and trademarks are entirely different types of IP.
...therefore it's possible to infringe THE TRADEMARK with a counterfeit product.
There is no such thing as counterfeiting the open source design.
EDIT: I'll add examples, it might help with the downvotes I'm getting:
- an OEM can make exact copies of a truly OH board but sell it under a different name and brand. Trademark is safe and Open Source is working as intended.
- another OEM can make its own Arduino clone with a different PCB layout and slap the Arduino logo and name on it. Trademark is breached and openness is lost and this is already happening.