I have an audio legal question, a simple one. I'd rather ask it via PM, but I can pose it in a roundabout way...
Apparantely if a product is called "Swiss chocolate" you can't make chocolate in, say, the USA and call it "Swiss chocolate" or I think even "Swiss style choclolate". I may be wrong about that.
But, say you were making amplifiers in the USA, could you call them "French style amplifiers" ? or "French amplifiers made in the USA" ? Or "French Inspired Amplifiers" ?
This is not my exact question, but it's close enough. To make matters worse, say there is a French amplifier that is made a certain way, and say I am copying it, to a degree, so that it looks similar, but it is clear that the brand is different, the country of origin is different, that it is a different product from a different company, and no patents or technology is being copied, just the general "scheme". Something very common, like the placement of the knobs or meters. Not copying the logo or anything that direct....
thank you to anyone with an opinion on this. I thought I'd pose it here. Obviously I can ask a real lawyer in real life as well
Stumpy
Apparantely if a product is called "Swiss chocolate" you can't make chocolate in, say, the USA and call it "Swiss chocolate" or I think even "Swiss style choclolate". I may be wrong about that.
But, say you were making amplifiers in the USA, could you call them "French style amplifiers" ? or "French amplifiers made in the USA" ? Or "French Inspired Amplifiers" ?
This is not my exact question, but it's close enough. To make matters worse, say there is a French amplifier that is made a certain way, and say I am copying it, to a degree, so that it looks similar, but it is clear that the brand is different, the country of origin is different, that it is a different product from a different company, and no patents or technology is being copied, just the general "scheme". Something very common, like the placement of the knobs or meters. Not copying the logo or anything that direct....
thank you to anyone with an opinion on this. I thought I'd pose it here. Obviously I can ask a real lawyer in real life as well
Stumpy