Hydor Vs. Jebao

[jeffopentax]

I wonder if this will affect availability in Canada...
http://www.hydor.com/eng/news/news/...ion-against-jebao-for-patent-infringement.php


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[TORX]

Probably will drive sales here. Nothing in that for Canada. Plus it was 6 months ago.

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[jeffopentax]

But the same thing could happen for here and other countries, couldn't it?


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[TORX]

Yes, but I doubt it. Our market is so small that it works cost them more to fight it then they would make in sales. The American companies are only really worried about American sales

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[TORX]

Other manufactures have tried these patent wars. They typically fail though. The post everywhere about the lawsuit, but you never see how they loose.

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[Chef G]

so hydor is suing them? Does that mean Jebao is in trouble? Only asking because I love there products.

 

[Chef G]

so hydor is suing them? Does that mean Jebao is in trouble? Only asking because I love there products.

 

[Janice]

no -Jaebo will just no longer be for sale in the US.

 

[Tracey]

Are you guys really happy with either of these products? I have a few of both, the Hydor's last about a year, Jebao less.

 

[heath]

I have both and had no issues with either.. I am a jebao fan tho...

 

[Cliff]

Almost every Hydor I have ever had has leaked voltage into my tank

 

[Hong]

Almost every Hydor I have ever had has leaked voltage into my tank

How do you know if products leak voltage?...floating fish?

 

[Dan Cole]

I'm wondering if it has anything to do with why we are seeing the name Jecod on the packaging these days or was it always that way?

 

[Dan Cole]

Jebao Gyre pump knock-off surfaces as Jecod ‘Cross-Flow Wave Pump’
Looks like they are using the same tactics with respect to the Grye.

 

[Cliff]

How do you know if products leak voltage?...floating fish?

Tripped gfi

 

[Skim]

no -Jaebo will just no longer be for sale in the US.

Well it could be interesting because it will depend if Canada has an independent distributor or the main is out of the states and if that is the case they may just disappear.

 

[TORX]

It says they can no longer sell the RW pumps in the US. They rebranded the pump to PP.

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[Cliff]

But doesn't that bother anyone else? A company got sued for patent infringement; they lost which means they are stealing intellectual property; yet we still buy their crap? Not only that; they just re-label their product to obviously evade court action. That just does not seem right! To me that his crooked business. Idk

 

[TORX]

But doesn't that bother anyone else? A company got sued for patent infringement; they lost which means they are stealing intellectual property; yet we still buy their crap? Not only that; they just re-label their product to obviously evade court action. That just does not seem right! To me that his crooked business. Idk

I plan to actually read a little further into it. The patent was for the magnetic base. The patent they are referring to in this letter in no way resembles the base Jebao is using. Could be a fake letter and coincidence on the name change.

http://www.google.com/patents/US8191846

Reading some now. The patent is about using a magnet system to mount the pump. Basically any company that uses magnets is an infringement. More to come...

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[jeffopentax]

But doesn't that bother anyone else? A company got sued for patent infringement; they lost which means they are stealing intellectual property; yet we still buy their crap? Not only that; they just re-label their product to obviously evade court action. That just does not seem right! To me that his crooked business. Idk

The infringement is over the magnetic mount. How the hell can they patent such a thing anyway? I have no problem buying jebao, which in my opinion are just better powerheads than hydor all around. Seems hydor is just trying to knock a competitor out of the game, and have apparently succeeded.


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