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Suppose I have a fantastic idea for a company: I start importing BAIC Beijing BJ90s to Germany, then I glue a new star-in-a-circle badge onto them and sell them
by gnfargbl 3y ago
Suppose I have a fantastic idea for a company: I start importing BAIC Beijing BJ90s to Germany, then I glue a new star-in-a-circle badge onto them and sell them.
Mercedes-Benz decides that I shouldn't do this, and gets a court injunction to stop me. Volkswagen thinks my company is hilarious, and decides to continue importing cars on my behalf. They don't actually do the badge-gluing -- I have to do that in a third location -- but they are more than willing to perform the actual import.
Should the court prevent VW from participating in the scheme? If they should, why is that different from the Cloudflare case?
- projektfu 3y agoDo you want a data confiscation regime along national borders? Because this reasoning leads to that.
- immibis 3y agoIt doesn't matter whether the people want it. It's only a matter of time until it happens.
- gnfargbl 3y agoI would like the rule of law to applies to all industries equally. I am mostly unconvinced by the special pleading of the technology industry. I am willing to be convinced, however!
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago> I would like the rule of law to applies to all industries equally. The reality of universal punishment eventually degrades into two scenarios. 1) is that rigorous enforcement eventually erodes for the powerful or 2) it's encouraged by the powerful as they can best afford the consequences.
- danparsonson 3y agoI'm no legal expert but one obvious difference is that you're talking about trademark rather than copyright infringement.
- BobaFloutist 3y agoWhy is it VW's problem what you do with the car after they sell it to you? Surely the court should go after you?