Marc
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2846676/Fury-China-unveils-14-000-copy-Range-Rover-British-company-legal-action-little-known-manufacturer-launches-brazen-copy-roader.html
Really don't know how they get away with this
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kz
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£14,000? I'll take two!
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GB123
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Land Lover
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--ToM--
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Probably built better Aswell
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Ben G
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Looks a lot better than the copies that top gear showed!
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tom130691
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The bit that amuses me
The design was never patented , they copied it and then patented the copy
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SteveoBC
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Well like Top gear said, BMW moaned at them for copying the X5, Chinese government ruled against BMW and told them to sod off haha, Land Rover are just another car maker to get shafted
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Marc
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I especially like the safety rating on their previous effort.
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taylorboosh
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Which is?
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Marc
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LandWind’s earlier CV9 people-carrier scored just two stars out of five in European crash tests in 2010.
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ShEp
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looks quite good
[Edited on 25-11-2014 by ShEp]
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ShEp
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They had one out in the past called a JMC that looked remarkably like a frontera.
Lord knows how they get away with it
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GB123
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The best one has got to be the fake Matiz, of all the cars you could copy they chose this:
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Ben G
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I'd actually drive the red one! Looks great.
Amazing how far the Chinese manufacturing industry has progressed in such little time.
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John
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It only looks great because its a carbon copy of a car that looks great
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ed
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quote: Originally posted by tom130691
The bit that amuses me
The design was never patented , they copied it and then patented the copy
You don't patent designs (in the UK at least) - you register the design. I read in a different article that JLR did register the design, which isn't all that surprising. However the real problem is that China don't seem to give a shit about patents and registered designs. The powers that be seem to ignore complaints about violations and let companies continue doing what they like - I guess in the long run it's going to hurt them if they keep it up.
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Ben G
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quote: Originally posted by John
It only looks great because its a carbon copy of a car that looks great
Yeah because all the other copies turned out great didn't they?
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oJNAo
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quote: Originally posted by ed
quote: Originally posted by tom130691
The bit that amuses me
The design was never patented , they copied it and then patented the copy
You don't patent designs (in the UK at least) - you register the design. I read in a different article that JLR did register the design, which isn't all that surprising. However the real problem is that China don't seem to give a shit about patents and registered designs. The powers that be seem to ignore complaints about violations and let companies continue doing what they like - I guess in the long run it's going to hurt them if they keep it up.
They're an emerging market and they won't let anything get in the way of their industrialisation. It's one way to progress I suppose
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gavin18787
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quote: Originally posted by tom130691
The bit that amuses me
The design was never patented , they copied it and then patented the copy
FLOL
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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gavin18787
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a quick look through ebay proves that nation doesnt give a flying fuck about copyright etc haha
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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