Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I'd agree with you. I don't know when that happened, but nowadays companies would have a more ironclad agreement in place before any IP is passed on. On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > The case described by Peter is different from the garden-variety copying > of features you describe. According to Peter, Benro had an agreement for > some kind of joint venture with Gitzo. So Gitzo gave them the design, > following which Benro broke off the agreement and just copied the design. > That is theft, pure and simple (nothing to do with copyright, BTW, the IP > right here is design). I assume Gitzo was unable to pursue it in Chinese > courts, given the nature of that country's legal system. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > On Apr 25, 2012, at 8:08 PM, Richard Man wrote: > > > I scrolled past the message where Nathan said something like Benro copies > > the plans for the Gitzo. I wasn't aware of that but not surprised. > Similar > > things happen with electronic boards and appliances etc. Ethically, it's > > something that I cannot condone. OTOH, the question to ask is why are > Gitzo > > and Manfrotto so expensive in the first place? I guess the proof in the > > pudding is in whether Benro will start to innovate and come out with > their > > own design. As small as our market is in my dayjob business, it seems > that > > whenever we come out with a new feature, one of our competitor would come > > out with a similar feature in a few months later. C'est la vie. > > > > I own a small Benro and a large one (any larger would be too tall for me > to > > use). The large one I bought to use with the heaver cameras but I found > > that most of the time when hiking, it's just as easy to carry it than > with > > the smaller one, unless I am doing a really strenous hike like up to Half > > Dome. > > > > Carbon Fiber is definitely the way to go though, if weight is a > > consideration. > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>