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stealing shapes
Posted:
Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:56 pmby bluesnowcone
i was talking to the owner of my local shop, he longboards and i was talking to him about my bic, and when he had a look at it, he said that it was one of the best all around shapes ever made, he aslo told me about this southpoint hes got in, and aparently it is the shape of the best high performance board ever made in his opinion.
is it legal for bic and southpoint to copy the shape of other boards??
Posted:
Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:54 pmby WooD
Yes
Posted:
Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:21 pmby bluesnowcone
quick and straight to the point lol
Posted:
Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:40 pmby dougirwin13
Well it's unethical. And illegal if you can prove it.
But you gotta prove it.
And most shapes (planshap, rail profiles and contours) are so well know and used that it's very difficult to prove.
-doug
Posted:
Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:40 amby WooD
Anyone ever see a surfboard with a patented logo on it? I seriously doubt it.
Around here you can take any board to a local shaper, and they'll do there best to duplicate it.
Posted:
Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:31 amby kitesurfer
It's impossible to exactly copy a board by hand. There will always be something that is very slightly different about it. Also it's a compliment to the original shaper if his board is that good somebody wants to copy it!
KS