patents pending?

[EUNOS 96]

hey guys, was searching ebay for an LE wing and under "miata spoiler" this came up:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/90-97-MAZDA-MIATA-HARD-TOP-ABS-ROOF-VISOR-SPOILER-WING-W-BRACKETS-/170778328220?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3AMiata&vxp=mtr&hash=item27c32e7c9c

i'm not sure if you guys have a patent or any sort of rights to this but you might want to look into who is copying it

-tom

[Tekel]

There are multiple rip offs out there. However from reviews I have seen, they are thin and cheap.

[kung fu jesus]

Cost for filing a patent is a dollar. Getting the verbage correct is a bit more. Design patents are easy to circumvent, utility patents, not so much.

[JDMPalace]

It's not really the same product. It might look the same but with those extra couple of holes in them for mounting, they have enough evidence for the court to say it's not the same product. I deal with this type of stuff everyday, and actually took one case (Chinese knock off aero distributor) to the court and it was just big waste of money.

[Risingsun124]

Cost for filing a patent is a dollar. Getting the verbage correct is a bit more. Design patents are easy to circumvent, utility patents, not so much.

^^^This is the straight truth. A few people who have seen the knock off in person have been coming to us to pick up G-Wings lately. We have explored patents, and are patent pending on multiple aspects of the G-String.

[paulsk]

There was someone at the WFC meet with an ebay wing. Too bad I didn't see it until photos of the meet started emerging online. I'm curious as to how bad it is in person.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6786815768_2e2e845c6a_b.jpg

Full-size image here: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6786815768_24843c6998_o.jpg

[Phatmiata]

Just remember that Project-G is sponsoring the forums all 3 or more that owners use for free, support your vendors so they can support you!

[BMS 4EVER]

There was someone at the WFC meet with an ebay wing. Too bad I didn't see it until photos of the meet started emerging online. I'm curious as to how bad it is in person.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6786815768_2e2e845c6a_b.jpg

Full-size image here: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6786815768_24843c6998_o.jpg

Racelands: check
XXRs: check

The fake G-wing was a given. :p

[artcentermiata]

those two little bolt points on the fake kill the cleanliness...

all hail originals

[minto]

Racelands: check
XXRs: check

The fake G-wing was a given. :p

So much fake in this photo I doubt there's even a baby in that pram.. infact, im beginning to doubt that's a real female too! :p

Down with knock offs! :p