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And if Behringer can do it to the competition -- using their expired patents and making a still-competitive product -- then someone else can do it to Behringer.
by bemusedthrow75 3y ago
And if Behringer can do it to the competition -- using their expired patents and making a still-competitive product -- then someone else can do it to Behringer.*
This is the preferred outcome of the patent system! Someone got to make a design for 25 years with the protection of the system, and now everyone can. And if you don't innovate, you don't get the protection.
* Edit: including the very firms Behringer is cloning, after all.
- x3874 3y agoEven Behringer gear gets 'cloned' by the likes of Mooer and Donner these days. It is the natural way / cost of doing business. (rumor has it the Donner B1 is based on designs of B's TD-3) I don't get these sanctimonius types that go like 'oh noes, its the music / gear industry, thats different, ethics, values, full of cool dudes, etc. etc. blaaargh'. Especially mentioning ETHICS in the friggin' MUSIC INDUSTRY is just so hahaha.
- bemusedthrow75 3y agoFundamentally I think the music industry has long-standing patterns to deal with this, anyway. It's hardly new. Almost every contemporary musical instrument company in the world makes a Stratocaster (or sells one made by Aiersi or the other contemporary equivalents of Young Chang and the like). But people still buy Fender kit, including American Stratocasters and custom-shop US Stratocasters.