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Two Questions and a Comment (was Re: A Community Problem)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:35:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
> TLC's failings are directly related to this issue? TO their 'poor decision
> making?'
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> Nothing to do with the fact that the competitors are consitently making a poorer
> quality product and therefore able to sell it cheaper, that they can get their
> pieces made in China and have little to no 'moral integrity' to 'do the right
> thing'. Competitors, mind you, that sometimes even blatantly rip off the exact
> set (a la ones from China) and TLC has to spend enormous resouces taking these
> companies to court. Yep, nothing like that would affect TLC's financial bottom
> line.
I'd like to mention that legitimate competitors such as BTR and MegaBloks do not
engage in the illegal duplication of TLC's protected intellectual property, so
these two companies (at least) should be considered separate from those less
reputable corporations that *do* copy TLC's stuff.
It was my impression that TLC has recently decided to manufacture some of its
stock in China--am I incorrect in this regard? If they have decided to do so,
then one can't really criticize TLC's competition for likewise manufacturing in
China. Or, at least, they can't be criticized any more strongly than TLC can
be.
It was also my impression that a victorious plantiff in an intellectual property
dispute can seek compensation from the defendant including the costs of
litigation. Is this incorrect? It would seem to mitigate the costs of
defending one's property (once they've litigated what's mitigated, I suppose.)
Also, I know vanishingly little about this kind of legal proceding, so for all I
know the plantiff might be required to pay a dollar to everyone whose name
begins with Q.
Dave!
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ken Nagel wrote: <snip> (...) TLC's failings are directly related to this issue? TO their 'poor decision making?' Nothing to do with the fact that the competitors are consitently making a poorer quality product and (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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