Off Topic Holeless Spyderco Police C07 Clones

[dirc]

They definitely are not enforced at the Chinese end... but they could/should be at the time they are imported. BUT: Theory vs. practice, and this is a case of not nearly enough manpower or will to actually screen all the imports, even 10% would be enough. My guess is less than 1% screening happens on some special imports, probably of higher value. I really don't know if a practical solution is possible.

 

[b00n]

I think it is to make it Germany legal (and in other EU/Asian countries) much like Leatherman made a limited edition Wave/Surge with the OHO Hole absent on the blades

It would actually be cool if Spyderco made some locking knives that you need two hands to open.

 

[Mikel_24]

I would guess that even though the picture shows no hole, they knife you would receive will have the hole.

Pictures are photoshoped. Sometimes, on the spine shots, if the knife is a bit crocked, you see the whole.

Also, some sellers, in the pictures of the item, include a VERY SPECIFIC NOTE so as not to send a picture of the real item when you leave feedback.

So yes, the knife you recieve DOES have a hole on it.

Mikel

 

[Planterz]

A shape can't be trademarked or patent protected

Tell that to Coca Cola.*

I keep seeing this argument, especially when people want to justify their purchasing and support of clones and counterfeits (I'm not implying this about anyone in particular). But the fact is that Spyderco DID patent the round hole as a mechanism for operation, and they DID register the hole as a trademark. They can't? Bull. They DID.


(The shape in certain iterations is recognized in the USA, but not all versions of the shape, and recognized in some countries, but not others).

 

[Pomsbz]

Didn't Apple sue Samsung over specifically shape?

 

[DSB_85]

It would actually be cool if Spyderco made some locking knives that you need two hands to open.

they plan to,
there's been a project going on for years to make a Germany legal Spyderco, and now with the new Canadian CBSA ruling the thread has resurrected

Look on the Spyderco Forums (their own forum) for an ongoing debate on it

 

[Planterz]

Didn't Apple sue Samsung over specifically shape?

They've sued each other for nearly everything under the sun, but I remember that being one of the claims. "Rounded corners" or some such nonsense. I don't remember the outcome. I don't think that Apple actually had that registered as a trademark though.