US Customs and Border Protection defends its seizure of OnePlus Buds

15 September 2020
What was thought to be a silly mistake might cause more tension between the US and China.

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Lukhanyo, 15 Sep 2020They copied the design, so its counterfeit, despite the lon... moreI addressed that in 1) in my original comment but I guess you were so busy with writing your own comment that you couldn't be even bothered to read a single paragraph. I don't think there's anything I can do to help you on that, sorry.

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    • Anonymous
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    • 16 Sep 2020

    Lukhanyo, 15 Sep 2020They copied the design, so its counterfeit, despite the lon... moreThat design has been there for ages lol. If that's the case then apple copied it when first making airpods by copying the design without wires.

      Adul Al Salami Kebab, 15 Sep 2020A counterfeit it is not, for it to be a counterfeit it most... moreThanks

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        • Carol
        • gEW
        • 15 Sep 2020

        Not that i hold with UaS, but well. knockoffs might finaly start to loose ground, not a bad thing.

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          • 15 Sep 2020

          .alpha, 15 Sep 2020Who is going to mistake black braided silver tip Lightning ... moreDidn't know lighting cable was actually made in the US...

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            • .alpha
            • q2$
            • 15 Sep 2020

            Who is going to mistake black braided silver tip Lightning cables for Apple's all white Lightning cables? Using "a cable with 2 tips" as criteria for counterfeit the US/Trump can literally call every product made outside the US counterfeit.

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              • Anonymous
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              • 15 Sep 2020

              Lukhanyo, 15 Sep 2020They copied the design, so its counterfeit, despite the lon... moreYou're naive

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                • 15 Sep 2020

                AnonD-836132, 15 Sep 2020Learn your lesson OnePlus. Stop making copies!Cry me a river....

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                  Lukhanyo, 15 Sep 2020They copied the design, so its counterfeit, despite the lon... moreA counterfeit it is not, for it to be a counterfeit it most for starters advertise itself as a apple product and be a low quality pile of crap. Here the situation is at worst a knock-off since it just looks kinda like the Apple version and is actually better than the Apple version... If something is on par or better its costly to produce and therefore would be a terrible product to use as counterfeit since the idea behind those is to scam people to buy a low quality cheaply made copy! :I

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                    • AnonD-94030
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                    • 15 Sep 2020

                    Bunch of idiots. If there copyright infringement, are these idiots right person to respond? brainless idiots are on the rise. There is no rule against making something that looks like Apple products unless they violate the copyrights.

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                      Anonymous, 15 Sep 2020From a business point of view, US is totally right, china c... moreyeah it's unfortunate, the US is starting to turn into China.

                        Nick Tagataka, 15 Sep 2020While OnePlus Buds were clearly designed around Apple'... moreThey copied the design, so its counterfeit, despite the long essay you wrote

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                          AnonD-836132, 15 Sep 2020Learn your lesson OnePlus. Stop making copies!But that shape is most efficient to stay in a human ear... Next ya gonna tell me "you cannot make a wheel that is round its totally a counterfeit Ford product!" Also the ruuber tipped ones suck and the ones with no thing hanging out struggles to stay in a ear also, worst yet both at the same time!!! :I

                            Adul Al Salami Kebab, 15 Sep 2020Bluetooth headphones and earbuds been around long before Ap... moreThx for answering this anonymous boy, with his stupid question.

                            I decide same days ago, i won't answer people who hide as a anonymous.
                            And this is double up, saying this nonsense 😂🙈

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                              AnonD-807890, 15 Sep 2020The Airpods look like Apple's earpods with the wires c... moreEarpods itself is a copy. Lookup old Sony Walkman earphones which was before iPhone and iPod

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                                • 15 Sep 2020

                                >In any case, OnePlus has yet to offer a statement regarding the seizure of OnePlus Buds.

                                What statement lol. They'll withdraw from the U.S. market, try to deal with remaining warranty asap and that's it.

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                                  MrMing, 15 Sep 2020Apple did not instruct US authorities to confiscate those e... more"Apple has configuration trademarks on their brand of earbuds, and has recorded those trademarks with the CBP."

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                                    • AnonD-836132
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                                    • 15 Sep 2020

                                    Learn your lesson OnePlus. Stop making copies!

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                                      • 15 Sep 2020

                                      Why now? You know why. Your RDF just makes you scared to type it out loud.

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 15 Sep 2020

                                        Jeez, another idiocies of US government. I can understand of fake Apple products, but OnePlus? Why don't they just seize everything that has word earbuds on it, because what, it's an Apple trademarks. What a joke.