Learn how illegal clones short changes the proper functioning of our capitalistic markets before buying a Stihl clone. It's bad for innovation, bad for safety and bad for the purchaser. All while rewarding organized crime and causing money to flow to Chinese criminals instead of employing real people in legitimate factories in Virginia Beach.
Those who believe this doesn't hurt Stihl because no one buys a clone instead of the genuine article need to wonder why Stihl is so concerned about it if it doesn't have a serious and negative impact their business:
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Those who doubt the clones are illegal need to ask themselves why the sellers mislabel the contents and ship orders for more than one saw in separate shipments. They also need to ask themselves why there are no U.S. distributors for these products if they are legitimate copies.
Those who think the intellectual property of Stihl has all expired need to ask themselves why, in 2016, they were awarded a design trademark on their orange/light grey color combo that has identified the genuine article for over 40 years:
http://www.internationallawoffice.c...amous-orange-and-grey-colour-combination-mark
In short, the boosters of these shoddy second-rate machines have misrepresented not only the quality of the machines but also their very legitimacy. Supporting theft of others hard work, expensive and meticulous testing and intellectual property is not something reasonable people do. How do you like it when your stuff is stolen from you? Most people I know think there should be a special place in hell for thieves (including those who aid and abet the dirty rotten scoundrels).
Those who believe this doesn't hurt Stihl because no one buys a clone instead of the genuine article need to wonder why Stihl is so concerned about it if it doesn't have a serious and negative impact their business:
(broken link removed)
Those who doubt the clones are illegal need to ask themselves why the sellers mislabel the contents and ship orders for more than one saw in separate shipments. They also need to ask themselves why there are no U.S. distributors for these products if they are legitimate copies.
Those who think the intellectual property of Stihl has all expired need to ask themselves why, in 2016, they were awarded a design trademark on their orange/light grey color combo that has identified the genuine article for over 40 years:
http://www.internationallawoffice.c...amous-orange-and-grey-colour-combination-mark
In short, the boosters of these shoddy second-rate machines have misrepresented not only the quality of the machines but also their very legitimacy. Supporting theft of others hard work, expensive and meticulous testing and intellectual property is not something reasonable people do. How do you like it when your stuff is stolen from you? Most people I know think there should be a special place in hell for thieves (including those who aid and abet the dirty rotten scoundrels).
