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Ask HN: Value Added Reselling of Routers Legit?
Would it be legal to re-image and resell wireless routers on Amazon after some value-add but WITHOUT any relationship with the original manufacturer/brand? We want to make money from the subscription-based value added service.
- dholowiski 15y agoIn what country? If it's the USA, probably not, for many reasons. It's likely against the DMCA, and you'd be using their copyrights & trademarks.
- bharath_m 15y agoIt would be in the US. What do you have to say about blakdawg's comment? Like he points out we will make it clear to buyers that we are a value added re-seller.
- blakdawg 15y agoYes, it would be legal. You should be very clear with purchasers about the value-add so that there's no trademark issue, where people think they're buying a generic "Foo Brand Router" but they're actually getting Foo hardware with Bar firmware that acts totally different than standard Foo hardware.