This.Alain Benoit wrote:Also Beats & Bytes does for a fact sell knock off Sure products...
I bet Shure's team of legal eagles is busy these days going after this stuff. It doesn't take much to send a letter in the mail to a dealer, but what they do if they don't act on that warning is probably where it gets more difficult.dylanger wrote:I notified my shure rep about this when I first showed you this last summer Al. I'm surprised he didn't do anything, or maybe he couldn't.......
Doubtful.macrae11 wrote:Is B & B a authorized Shure dealer though?
macrae11 wrote:So I doubt there's anything SF would want to do. Even if they're selling Digiflex or whatever other products, SF doesn't want to lose a customer for those lines even if B&B is doing something unethical that they can't control. Shure would be the only company with a vested interest in the problem but I doubt they'd have any desire to chase down such small fish.
I guess that would depend on how those items were coming into their hands.Christian LeBlanc wrote:I can be astoundingly naive sometimes, but - would B&B know that they're selling knockoffs?
I know I've heard of them selling "replica" product like the Senn. above, but what I saw there myself were full on counterfeit SM58 mics. Maybe they didn't know it, but it was obvious to me and anyone who's familiar with the product at all.adam wrote:For what it's worth, Beats & Bytes:
a) was selling their Shure "replica" (*cough*) microphones as such....
House of Commons wrote:(a) “counterfeit trademark goods” shall mean any goods, including packaging, bearing without authorization a trademark which is identical to the trademark validly registered in respect of such goods, or which cannot be distinguished in its essential aspects from such a trademark, and which thereby infringes the rights of the owner of the trademark in question, under the law of the country of importation;
RCMP wrote:Penalties
•Under the Copyright Act, the maximum penalties for unauthorized manufacturing, importation or distribution of copyrighted products are a $1 million fine and five years in prison.
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