[CT-Com. & Tec.] Re: ARLA/CLUSTER: 30K USD de multimetros chinocas destruidos por serem amarelos!!!

[Carlos Mourato]

Em vez de destruirem doavam às escolas!...A mania de
destruir...destruir...destruir...Só para alimentar o consumismo e
promoverem aquela coisa perigosa a que chamam crescimento!!!

73 CM




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2014-03-21 0:12 GMT+00:00 Pedro Ribeiro <ct7abp  gmail.com>:

>  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 saying a 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 holds a 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
> yellowish[image: 5-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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