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Re:Allbirds CEO on Amazon's copycat strategy by ghaff on Thursday November 21, 2019 @03:54PM (#21599485)
I also think there’s conflation here between knock-offs that do in fact violate IP laws which isn’t just dodgy but a violation of the law. And knockoffs that take the same general form or appearance of branded goods—with or without the same level of quality.
Re:Allbirds CEO on Amazon's copycat strategy by blotter_paper on Thursday November 21, 2019 @05:33PM (#21600471)
I agree that this is happenong in these comments. I also think that the people who support IP laws are more likely to find legal yet adjacent actions dodgy -- if you didn't support physical property laws you might find taking an legally abandoned yet possibly lost item dodgy, whereas somebody who doesn't believe in physical property laws is unlikely to have any objection to this.
Re:Allbirds CEO on Amazon's copycat strategy by dkarl on Thursday November 21, 2019 @04:18PM (#21599729)
The law doesn't grant clothing designs the same IP protections that other creative works enjoy, which makes it much easier to knock off fashion without facing legal challenges.