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PRETTY SURE THAT'S A KNOCK-OFF IN THE IMAGEGot to add: It's a testing fixture. I'm sure you have a customer that is curious enough that the work is worth your time.
I'd think it would be appropriate to shame the knock-offs by putting them through the test, too.
What does the winner win? Hopefully a new non knockoff bipod...
and we’ll send you a CAL Gen 2 Atlas. ( prototype being made now, production ASAP)
So tell me what this is, what we are doing and why.
The first person that gets all three right wins!
Three posts above yours, prototype CAL.
What is it: Bipod “torture” testerSo tell me what this is, what we are doing and why.
The first person that gets all three right wins!
So tell me what this is, what we are doing and why.
The first person that gets all three right wins!
Whatsupdoc for the win. Good job!!
Product test platform
Failure tests of counterfeit Atlas bipods
Counterfeit Atlas bought from Amazon
Send us your address to [email protected] and we’ll send you a CAL Gen 2 Atlas. ( prototype being made now, production ASAP)
would be interesting to the results not only from knockoffs, but also Atlas, Harris, Elite Iron, LRA, Cadex etc etcWhy would you spend time and effort producing a video that showcased knockoffs, however bad they are? We all know they exist and suck, why give them more press?
I would be spending time focusing on coming up with new designs to compete with Magpul and a Warne instead of trying to discredit $40 knockoffs from a country that DGAF.
Why would you spend time and effort producing a video that showcased knockoffs, however bad they are? We all know they exist and suck, why give them more press?
I would be spending time focusing on coming up with new designs to compete with Magpul and a Warne instead of trying to discredit $40 knockoffs from a country that DGAF.
Any chance you can sue Amazon for facilitating patent infringement and loss of revenue for B&T by enabling chicom shit knockoffs of your designs/products to be sold through their site.
It's not like it's that hard to do on their end, only allow authorized dealers to sell B&T products through Amazon.
Good point. But as a manufacturer that today spends 20% of their phone/email time talking to people about their broken “Atlas” that is a counterfeit, it would appear “we all know” is not accurate.
Second, we have an obligation to protect what is ours, educating consumers is one way to do so.
Last, there are American companies that are infringing our patents, while not outright counterfeiting, it’s still theft. More education and defending of CURRENT products let alone new ones.
So there’s a lot of moving pieces to manufacturing today, maybe you are a manufacturer and know this?
20% of your day? That's nuts.
I manage a brand in the US in a different industry, and have manufactured products in the US, Asia and Europe. I have fought this battle before.
1) Have you considered licensing your patents to a litigation group that provides you with royalties based on successful patent defense? This can work for smaller companies getting infringed by larger ones.
2) With regards to Amazon, have you considered recruiting trusted customers (preferably 10-20+) to purchase the clones and then having those same trusted customers file counterfeit claims with Amazon? This is the fastest (and dirtiest) way to use Amazon's size and bureaucracy against Chinese sellers.
Yes, 20%. The counterfeits break like it's their job, so the consumer calls/emails us about a broken "Atlas" so we ask for photo and where it was bought from. Then once identified as a fake, often the consumer still asks/expects us to repair it... This is where the Wright project came from. The drain on resources is in fact nuts.
1) Never heard of such, sounds promising, where do I learn more?
2) We have processed orders through Amazon and had sellers removed, however, it is truly "whack-a-mole". The cycle is; 25 sellers of counterfeits on Amazon, we do our work then there's 17 sellers, then two weeks later there's 28 sellers. Maybe we are missing something, but as a counterfeit seller can get kicked off, come back with a different sellers name, use the same ASIN and be back in business, seems to be an easy MO and acceptable to Amazon. Or, they can’t control it? Hardly. They want their .03 from every transaction no matter what it is. It’ll take some action from Uncle sugar to stop that bleeding of the US economy.
Duh.....
It does say “by:_________” on the listing...
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=atlas+bipod&rh=i:aps,k:atlas+bipod
$279
$319
$219
$319
$219
$339
$45
$449
$259
I’m not claiming savant status, or Sherlock Holms powers of deduction, but I think I can pick out the Chinese copy just by looking at the price...