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Good, but frustrating article. And btw - the dang thing is like a crying
baby. As soon as you hear it wimper or chirp, the jiggle reflex kicks in.
It's been a couple years since I was volunteering, and I still have the
reflex if I hear one. I keep saying I'm going to get the 'getting ready to
go off' PASS warning for my ringtone, just to mess with my friends. That,
and the Minitor default alert tone. If one goes off in a room, anyone
who's ever worn one - your hand dives for the belt like a quickdraw
contest.
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Bob Paddock <graceindustries AT gmail DOT com>wrote:
> > Should I have any concerns about "IP harvesting" with these Chinese
> > outfits?
>
> "Fight Chinese Counterfeiting? Forget It" says Microchip CEO.
>
> http://www.ebnonline.com/author.asp?section_id=2981&doc_id=262849 :
>
> "Industry associations and the US government 'can lobby all they like,
> but China doesn't care,' Steve Sanghi, Microchip Technology's
> CEO...Chinese think differently about property rights... In China,
> when you sign a contract, it means nothing..."
>
> Boss went to CES in 2010 and found a life sized poster of one of my
> colleagues, Jason, on the wall at one of the booths.
> Not only had the chinese company copied our product, badly, they
> copied our literature too, and made some life sized.
>
> Our stuff is designed to be used by firefighters, *in the fire*,
> you've seen them in Duracell Battery commercials on TV, and coverage
> of other more tragic recent events.
>
> The knockoff product was held together with Hot Glue, it would have
> failed in seconds, potentially leading to grave injuries of anyone
> that used it.
>
> When Boss confronted these people at CES, they did not care. To this
> day, he still gets emails from them trying to sell us their dangerous
> knockoff of our product.
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Good, but frustrating article. And btw - the dang thing is=
like a crying baby. As soon as you hear it wimper or chirp, the jiggle ref=
lex kicks in. It's been a couple years since I was volunteering, and I =
still have the reflex if I hear one. I keep saying I'm going to get the=
'getting ready to go off' PASS warning for my ringtone, just to me=
ss with my friends.=A0 That, and the Minitor default alert tone.=A0 If one =
goes off in a room, anyone who's ever worn one - your hand dives for th=
e belt like a quickdraw contest. <br>
</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu,=
May 23, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Bob Paddock <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mail=
to:graceindustries AT gmail DOT com" target=3D"_blank">graceindustries AT gmail DOT com</=
a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">> =A0Should I have any concerns about &qu=
ot;IP harvesting" with these Chinese<br>
> outfits?<br>
<br>
"Fight Chinese Counterfeiting? Forget It" says Microchip CEO.<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.ebnonline.com/author.asp?section_id=3D2981&doc_id=
=3D262849" target=3D"_blank">http://www.ebnonline.com/author.asp?section_id=
=3D2981&doc_id=3D262849</a> :<br>
<br>
"Industry associations and the US government 'can lobby all they l=
ike,<br>
but China doesn't care,' Steve Sanghi, Microchip Technology's<b=
r>
CEO...Chinese think differently about property rights... In China,<br>
when you sign a contract, it means nothing..."<br>
<br>
Boss went to CES in 2010 and found a life sized poster of one of my<br>
colleagues, Jason, on the wall at one of the booths.<br>
Not only had the chinese company copied our product, badly, they<br>
copied our literature too, and made some life sized.<br>
<br>
Our stuff is designed to be used by firefighters, *in the fire*,<br>
you've seen them in Duracell Battery commercials on TV, and coverage<br=
>
of other more tragic recent events.<br>
<br>
The knockoff product was held together with Hot Glue, it would have<br>
failed in seconds, potentially leading to grave injuries of anyone<br>
that used it.<br>
<br>
When Boss confronted these people at CES, they did not care. =A0To this<br>
day, he still gets emails from them trying to sell us their dangerous<br>
knockoff of our product.<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>
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