Taste Your Juice | HANA MODZ AWARDED $300,000 FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Now this is what I call the real clone war.
Now this is what I call the real clone war.
Hana Modz awarded $300k in copyright battle
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I'm sure the Chinese have stopped all hana clones on hearing this lol. Far as I can tell no logo no foul so moral is don't be too exact in your copying 
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Oh im sure nothing will stop, but the first precedent has now been set In court. I guarantee other mod makers are now going hmmm
It's a start. Suing the Chinese counterfeiters is pointless; suing US vendors selling counterfeits is the way to go. I hope svoemesto follows suit...
They are only protecting the hana logo not the box design so as long as the cloners put another logo on job done I don't see this as much of a victory to be honest and hitting venders is all well and good but what about online no customs service anywhere in the world has the capability to intercept and examine every package from China without slowing delivery to a crawl.
Judgement simply upholds entitlement for persons having Filed for protection through TradeMark.
I agree with Judgement but see no way it will effect designs/Logo's NOT protected.
I agree with Judgement but see no way it will effect designs/Logo's NOT protected.
I beg to disagree with some of you, my fellow vapers.
If branded or not don't mean a thing. If it walks like a duck.......
We have a very easy case with a competitor that dared to put his brand in our product.
With minor changes. No dice. They're willing to settle from the get go. We don't.
We want blood. Red, unadulterated blood.
Problem is, if you let one slide, the avalanche is unstoppable.
It's like the loan sharks. They really don't want to hit people. All they want is their dough.
But you need to set a precedent, once in a while, just to keep the other customers honest.
At the end we will lose money. But will preserve the integrity of the brand.
If branded or not don't mean a thing. If it walks like a duck.......
We have a very easy case with a competitor that dared to put his brand in our product.
With minor changes. No dice. They're willing to settle from the get go. We don't.
We want blood. Red, unadulterated blood.
Problem is, if you let one slide, the avalanche is unstoppable.
It's like the loan sharks. They really don't want to hit people. All they want is their dough.
But you need to set a precedent, once in a while, just to keep the other customers honest.
At the end we will lose money. But will preserve the integrity of the brand.
If I read that right the case was decided by default... Failing to defend yourself doesn't really set a precedent as there was no decision made - the judge just awarded the plaintiff for showing up... It's obvious the case had merit so they just awarded it and closed the book.
This is unlikely to be used as a precedent anywhere else...
This is unlikely to be used as a precedent anywhere else...
Bingo, that's the good part about this going to judgment. Settlements like they have done in the past don't send messages.
This is also why I personally thought Zen's position was a shirk.
That's a slap on the wrist anyway.The Chinese companies are laughing 300k and attorneys fee's. They made that on the counterfeits in the first day or two max. The only thing that might happen is no longer using the logo maybe.
Good, $200+ for a mech mod or a V/W device, $100+ for an atty, smokers will never set feet on vaping.
Says the person who probably spent that much in a month or two on smokes.
It is very right decision. Replicating logos is disgusting. But this ruling has nothing to do with clone manufacturing for as long as logo is not involved. And I hope most buyers buy clones not because of logos, but despite of them.
However, it was a very cheap case just $7,974 in costs and attorneys fee (I got more just for myself once). I believe it means defendant did not participate in a suite.
However, it was a very cheap case just $7,974 in costs and attorneys fee (I got more just for myself once). I believe it means defendant did not participate in a suite.
eGos and clearos are quite inexpensive. Once mastered, they can get an authentic eGo-1 for $50...
If you read the judgment the mark was found to be protected by provable prior first use, no trademark request was made until after the case was brought up.
First use was all the protection required.
What are you talking about? These days you can get a great set up with mod and atty for less than $100.
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