Tomas Chlebek At the presentation of the iPhone 4, most of us were certainly attracted by the appearance of the white model. Then the bad news was that Apple has with its production significant problems. The white plastic affected the quality of the sensor chip. It let the light through. The start of the sales date was postponed several times, and it already looked like it would start production at an unknown time.
A few weeks after the launch of the phone, a photo of Steve Wozniak holding a white iPhone 4 went around the world. Connections? Nowhere. Just one resourceful teenager named Fei Lam.
Fei Lam had a contact directly at Foxconn, where he had the white covers sent to him. The operation of his online store whiteiphone4now.com to him should have had a decent $130 in sales and $000 in earnings.
But it didn't take long for Lam to find himself on Apple's most wanted list. So he canceled the site and the profitable business was over.
The Cupertino legal department did not issue a reward for Fei Lam on May 25. At least it was done in a roundabout way, through court accusations against him and his parents, who allegedly encouraged and helped him to commit illegal activities.
"Defendant Lam arbitrarily and without permission used Apple's trademarks in the "White iPhone 4 Conversion Kits" he sold, which included, among other things, front and back panels with the Apple logo and "iPhone" trademarks, which are used in connection with the advertising and sale of well-known mobile phones of white iPhone 4 digital devices. The accused knew all along that Apple had never authorized the sale of white iPhone 4 panels and that he obtained these panels from sources that were not authorized to sell by either Apple or its suppliers.”
The indictment also includes citations of electronic messages through which Lam communicated with Alan Yang of Shenzhen, China, who supplied Lam with parts. These reports state that Yang used to have problems sending parts because of agents who didn't like trademark infringement.
Apple is demanding the handover of all profits from the deal and other fines.
Immediately after the filing, Apple withdrew the accusation (although with the possibility of renewing it again in the future), because they reached a possible out-of-court settlement.
And what is the lesson from this?
If you don't want to get in trouble with Apple, don't sell their products behind their back. Or at least bite the apple from the other side and rename the iPhone to youPhone, for example.
Source: www.9to5mac.com
Wasn't this case played out here sometime last fall or winter?
That's when it was created. Now Apple has filed a lawsuit. After all, it is mentioned in the article.
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Foxcon should have the problem - he implemented the logo there...