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| Day101:
RE bluetooth. I read all the documents. My conclusion is that I cannot find anything that forces me to do the bluetooth qualification process, or to list my product. So actually, I wouldn't need to pay the $8000. (but I'm not a lawyer, so I'm going to remove bluetooth from V1 just in case.) |
| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: blueskull on March 08, 2021, 02:29:10 pm ---Stop the meaningless discussion. Grow up. The world runs on power, not rights. If you can implement BT (or use a chip that does it), use it, until you get sued, then think about how to deal with the patent issues later. Chances are they won't be bothered to sue you, or even if it happens, you run a limited liability company. Let them sue you and see what happens. --- End quote --- Flying under the radar is a time honoured principle when fighting a much larger enemy. Avoid using protected trademarks, whatever you do - it is easy to scan for those words in advertisements and web sites, and the processes are automated on many of the big platforms (youtube, ebay, Getty images, etc.). |
| Day101:
Yes, you're right. I would not mention their trademarks etc and they would literally have to buy my product and analyse it's signals to determine if it was using bluetooth or not. Which I doubt is worth their time. |
| karpouzi:
Are there any reports of companies being penalized when they didn't use Bluetooth trademarks? Bluetooth enforcement appears based on trademark law, directed against Bluetooth-branded products via customs seizures and trademark lawsuits. What power have they shown over a company which just omitted their logo and used the term "BLE"? |
| tooki:
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on February 19, 2021, 05:41:45 pm --- If Bluetooth worked reliably and was stable, it might be worth paying for. As it is, I would choose a piece of physical cable over a Bluetooth connection! --- End quote --- Bluetooth itself is stable. Many software implementations are not. For what it’s worth, I’ve been using Bluetooth since 2003 without any problems. But it’s always been on macOS and iOS, whose Bluetooth support is very robust. It seems to me that the people who’ve complained to me about Bluetooth being unreliable have all been Windows or Linux users, so I guess those software stacks aren’t as good. |
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