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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Probably just another "sue with the hopes that they will pay me some money to get me to go away" law suits that most big companies have to deal with. I looked at their web site. Among the various accessories they have a "Apple 5w Power Adapter" with Genuine Apple Quality that looks just like a regular Apple wall wart. They have a number of similar product, things that look like regular Apple products and have wording that implies that they are Apple products, without explicitly saying they are Apple products.
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They might be components sourced from the same factory or even assembly line that makes them for Apple. (Which would mean they technically aren't counterfeits.) I've seen XBOX power bricks on Amazon and ebay that are identical to the official product, from the same oem, just without the MS brand stenciling.
There is also the 2013 incident where Klipsch sued Monoprice for selling a set of chinese-sourced speaker sets that were too close to their design. Even more annoying, some of the non-cosmetic changes actually improved the clone product slightly.
http://www.cnet.com/news/are-the-ene...9774-the-same/
Sourcing from China leads to...interesting...things.
(Twin factories, clone products...)