ARLA/CLUSTER: 30K USD de multimetros chinocas destruidos por serem amarelos!!!

[Pedro Ribeiro]

A Fluke vai compensar a Sparkfun e oferecer-lhes um lote de equipamentos 
de valor superior ...

ver: 
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/03/trademark-issue-will-cause-30000-worth-of-multimeters-to-be-destroyed/

On 20-03-2014 12:06, João Condeço wrote:
>
> Sparkfun, a hobbyist electronics retailer, recently received a letter 
> from U.S. Customs sayinga shipment of 2,000 multimeters was being 
> barred from entry into the country <https://www.sparkfun.com/news/1428>.
>
> The reason? Trademark law. A company named Fluke holdsa trademark on 
> multimeters 
> <http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75934005&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch>that 
> have a 'contrasting yellow border.' Sparkfun's multimeters are a 
> yellowish5-in1-multimeter 
> <http://hamgear.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/5-in1-multimeter.jpg>orange, 
> but it was enough for Customs to stop the shipment. Returning the 
> shipment is not an option because of import taxes in China, so the 
> multimeters must now be destroyed.
>
> At $15 per item, it'll cost Sparkfun $30,000, plus the $150/hr fee for 
> destroying them. Sparkfun had no idea about the trademark, and doesn't 
> mind changing the color, but they say restrictions like these are a 
> flaw in the trademark system. "Small business does not have the 
> resources to stay abreast of all trademarks for all the products they 
> don't carry. If you're going to put the onus on the little guy to 
> avoid infringing IP then you shouldn't need an army of consultants or 
> attorneys to find this information."
>
>
> http://hamgear.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/what-yellow-multimeters-destroy-them/
>
>
> 73's
>
> João Condeço
>
> CT2HPM/D2CT
>
>
>
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