Reply To: Greenstuff World Vs Sword N Steele

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Company A getting a (design) patent for something that Company B made is not exactly uncommon.

The fact that the cost of getting this sort of thing to court tends to be unprofitable is probably why few ever challenge such rulings.
Calling for a boycott because company B happened to be an ‘amateur’ is the dumbest thing ever.

Chances of any invention only ever being done by a single person/company in the entire world are pretty slim.
The laws never account for that … and ‘smart’ companies abuse this fact to get ahead of the competition.

It sucks, because it is immoral.
However it is is how the game is played by pretty much every company that has managed to survive for more than a few years.

I can rant for days how Apple’s iPod is the worst musicplayer ever and that you should be using company X’s thing because that is a technological superior product.
It won’t stop people from buying iPods, because fact is that they deliver a product that is good enough for them.

Same thing with GSW and their products.
There may be better variants of their rollers or colorshift paints.
What really matters is which is (a) more readily available and/or (b) more convenient to use.
Not everyone needs ‘the best’ product. Most will settle for something that is ‘good enough’.

And lets’ not kid ourselves here.

Vallejo is a bigger name in paints than GSW is.
I wouldn’t be surprised if people are more likely to buy their products because of that.
And I think any other company would have done exactly the same in their position especially when competing with a company in the same regional market.

I’d suggest not digging into Vallejo’s history if you want to be 100% sure that GSW is the only ‘evil’ one in this fight.
You might not like what you find … because no one has a spotless record.