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I see that Staun are taking a stance against UK rip-offs

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SteveG:
http://www.staunproducts.com/news_full.php?id=40&news=1

Good to see that they are taking a stance against certain rip-off retailers that take their money to market and set up a demand for a product, sponsor events etc only to then rip them off behind their backs and get the product copied elsewhere.

This has happened too often with UK and overseas manufacturers supporting our sport/hobby with innovative products.

Cheers

Steve

Range Rover Blues:
Thing is it's a free market and if someone can copy a design and make it for less then they will.  What we as consumers have to be careful of is the quallity of the copy and do we support the innovative design etc of the origianl manufacturer? just look at the X-brake as an example, I will buy mine from X-Eng on principal.

TDi90:
a cirtain company springs to mind... hmm what they called again scorp....... oh yes that its...scorpian racing  :evil:  :evil:   :evil:

strapping young lad:
CAREFUL!

besides

unless its patented not much people can do i guess?

SteveG:
I think it is patented, but it's expensive to patent in every major market you plan to sell in. Then even if you do and someone then breaches your patent, it's expensive to take to court. Now if they were to win they would get costs back, but companies of this size don't have the funds and cash flow to fight such cases.

What gets me is how a certain retailer still uses their logos on adverts and the website while they have been peddling their knock-off equivalent for the last couple of months and placing the knock-off equivalent in the new products pages of the the LR and 4x4 mags over the last couple of months. As said above it's a free market and some people have no ethics.

Cheers

Steve

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