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 Posted: Sun Jul 17th, 2011 03:35 am
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watcher



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 I'm just catching up with this thread after several months. I had heard of this case controversy but not seen the details of it before.

I can't help but feel that this...
movas wrote:
Also, the whole definition of who designed what is vague as most brands only send in sketches and have the case factories 'design' the technical drawings.
...might have a lot to do with the controversy.

When the factory does all the technical drawings (which necessarily involves some of their own creative and technical input) then the idea of who 'designed' something really does become unclear. I've seen this myself many, many years ago in the personal protective equipment market. Some designs of goggle were so copied in south east Asia that they essentially became 'generic' designs.

Last edited on Sun Jul 17th, 2011 03:45 am by watcher