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Originally Posted by caneye
Maybe the precaution is based on their experience with the dex410 clone.
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Thing is, a european patent means squat out in this region of the world. If a company in china wants to make an exact copy of the car, they well, and just ignore any copyright/patents.
No offence to TD, but I highly doubt (as DEXtrain says) that they would have the money to a) maintain a global patent, and b) try and fight the patent in Euro, let alone in Asia..
There's the cultural thing as well. The TRF416 clone that was made out here, the company did it as they wanted to show Tamiya they had the capabilities to do so... in some respects, heart was in the the right place, just not so much of a clue how to do it!
Not saying clones are a good thing (they aren't), and TD shouldn't look to protect their ideas in some way, but there is usually more to the story.
Regards
Ed