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A friend of mine runs a repair shop in Miami. He told me that a few of his competitors were raided by the DOJ for doing unlicensed repairs using Oem parts from
by brianbreslin 13y ago
A friend of mine runs a repair shop in Miami. He told me that a few of his competitors were raided by the DOJ for doing unlicensed repairs using Oem parts from china. Apple apparently didn't want anyone other than official stores doing repairs. Guy whose shop was raided had thousands in parts confiscated.
- joonix 13y agoHuh? This doesn't make any sense. There is no IP right that lets you prevent non OEM parts to be installed in a product. If that were the case mechanics would all be out of business. There must have been another issue here.
- oscillator 13y agoThe parent said it was OEM parts.
- kenrikm 13y agoYou can't use parts with Apple's logo on them.
- yardie 13y agoSounds like they was raided for having stolen OEM parts or likely something else illegal. Apple isn't a government body, they don't have licenses. There are a few reasons a business can be raided, taxes (and Miami clubs were notorious for not paying them) is damn near the #1 reason.
- brianbreslin 13y agowell i was told these oem parts were being ordered from china from the same factories making them for apple. so maybe its all "unlicensed" or not apple certified, yet these guys were passing them off as such?