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do i have to ask permission to use other companies electrical in my product
Isaac Clarke:
I was wondering if companies in your country who make control panels or switchboards would have to ask permission for example from schneider to use their MCB, RCBO, etc. in the control panel or switchboard they are making and selling to a customer?
If so, could the same be said for if someone made a powerboard like this below and sold it but had a schneider or clipsal MCB, RCBO, etc.
or would you have to hide the logo or the entire component?
DISCLAIMER: Anyone reading this, do not take any of this as legal advice, consult a professional.
daqq:
I haven't seen anyone make any efforts to hide any logos on industrial control panels, power boxes or any other sort of application where a logo of a manufacturer of a part is visible. And in most situations where there is a visible logo it's made impossible by the manufacturer, see:
https://sk.farnell.com/siemens/6av6647-0ad11-3ax0/hmi-panel-6-inch-24vdc/dp/2530159
Shock:
It's more if you make misleading claims and misrepresent them as your product in any advertising. You also may be seen as distributing them if reselling to dealers, but I doubt that if you sell them as part of an installation package. I think you can get around a lot of potential issues offering one of two competing brands installed.
tooki:
--- Quote from: Isaac Clarke on February 14, 2022, 05:51:49 am ---I was wondering if companies in your country who make control panels or switchboards would have to ask permission for example from schneider to use their MCB, RCBO, etc. in the control panel or switchboard they are making and selling to a customer?
If so, could the same be said for if someone made a powerboard like this below and sold it but had a schneider or clipsal MCB, RCBO, etc.
or would you have to hide the logo or the entire component?
DISCLAIMER: Anyone reading this, do not take any of this as legal advice, consult a professional.
--- End quote ---
By that logic, we’d have to ask permission of every electronic component manufacturer before selling a product that contains a component bearing their logo.
Anyhow, look up the “first sale doctrine”, I think it covers the majority of situations.
SmallCog:
Ask permission?
Haha in the world of switch panels and industrial controls the company representatives hassle you to buy and use their products
What we try to avoid is companies using my workplace choosing to use their products as a selling point. We don’t like a company to include us in their sales pitch, “you should buy our xxx because zzz uses them in their cabinets”
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