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Re:BMW Patents Proprietary Screws That Only Dealerships Can ... by elromulous on Monday December 22, 2025 @08:35AM (#46353990)
They must have thought it's _so_ clever that the screw/bit is their logo.
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Re:BMW Patents Proprietary Screws That Only Dealerships Can ... by rollcat on Monday December 22, 2025 @08:51AM (#46354104)
Nintendo has done this exact thing with the GameBoy: https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/q/11736

If you mess with the logo, the console locks up during boot. If you don't, you're violating the trademark.

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