Comment on BMW’s Newest “Innovation” is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair

CADmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Proprietary security screws have existed for a long time. There’s a reason they’re using their logo, and its not vanity, its a weaponization of trademark law. Recreating the tip would mean recreating a trademark without authorization.

  Few reputable companies will be willing to take that risk.

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  • kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Aliexpress will have one in about 2 weeks.

    And they won’t be worried about BMW’s lawyers when they do it.

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  • nuxi@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sega tried this back in the 90s and already lost in court. The court ruled that by making the use of it’s trademark a required element in order to perform an otherwise lawful activity, any resulting trademark confusion was the fault of Sega.

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  • CADmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m not entirely sure some Chinese company that neither of us has heard of is worried about that risk.

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  • TheOakTree@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’d be cool to see a compatible tip with some additional breakaway segments to bypass the logo law.

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  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Right to repair class action suit incoming.

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• AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ebay definitely will

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