Rubik's Legal action?

[chardison1980]

barring of selling speedcubes

first off, trying to basically corner the market to stop all other companies from selling speed cubes is a load of crap, if rubiks has to do this to further their business thats pretty sad.

 

[ThomasJE]

Reading through this thread has had me asking the same question. Why do they not employ someone to help them develop a Rubik's brand speedcube? They can call it the Rubiks Pro or something like that, if it's any good they could make a lot of money from it instead of seeming targetting these smaller companies who are just responding to the demand for faster cubes.

I agree. If Samsung made a tablet that was much better, would Apple stop them selling it? No, Apple would make a better version on the iPad to compete with them. Same here. If someone makes a better product than you, you wouldn't go and complain; you would make a better model to compete with them. It's very simple; people are just making it complicated.

 

[Ickathu]

Reading through this thread has had me asking the same question. Why do they not employ someone to help them develop a Rubik's brand speedcube? They can call it the Rubiks Pro or something like that, if it's any good they could make a lot of money from it instead of seeming targetting these smaller companies who are just responding to the demand for faster cubes.

Exactly. I, personally, would buy a Rubik's brand if it was a new design and supposedly a "speedcube." I don't really care what company makes the cube, I'll be perfectly willing to try it out if I see a few good YT reviews on any cube.

 

[kinch2002]

Reading through this thread has had me asking the same question. Why do they not employ someone to help them develop a Rubik's brand speedcube? They can call it the Rubiks Pro or something like that, if it's any good they could make a lot of money from it instead of seeming targetting these smaller companies who are just responding to the demand for faster cubes.

They don't do this because the extra money they would make from it would be irrelevant compared to what they make from their standard cubes. I have tested a few prototype 2x2s and 3x3s for them but in the end, they're not bothered that they aren't suitable for speedcubing.

 

[5BLD]

The way I see it all they want to do is 'flex their muscles'.
Tbh we are powerless to stop them. They can do whatever they want. All we can do is try to get them to see it from our perspective, which is difficult.

 

[Kurbitur]

I agree. If Samsung made a tablet that was much better, would Apple stop them selling it? No, Apple would make a better version on the iPad to compete with them. Same here. If someone makes a better product than you, you wouldn't go and complain; you would make a better model to compete with them. It's very simple; people are just making it complicated.

Well like verde and now seven town are doing it the opposite. If they can't beat them they just scare the small shops so the cubes can't be sold which is very pathetic

 

[~Adam~]

Surely speedcubing is a fantastic free advert for Rubik.
With the millions of views the 5.66 has had how many people bought a Dayan and how many bought a Rubik?

 

[bigbee99]

They have contacted me about this too, around August~September-ish

If you just show that your cooperating for a while, then they leave you alone for the most part.

Haven't heard from them since September

 

[Sebastien]

I agree. If Samsung made a tablet that was much better, would Apple stop them selling it? No, Apple would make a better version on the iPad to compete with them. Same here. If someone makes a better product than you, you wouldn't go and complain; you would make a better model to compete with them. It's very simple; people are just making it complicated.

Dude...dirst of all this DID happen and Apple actually tried to make Samsung stopping selling it.

But more important: I have the feeling that many speedcubers take themselves way too important. In fact we are just like a small piece of dust within the whole crowd of people buying cubes. 99% of those people wouldn't even think about if a cube can be good or bad. So it is actually pretty obvious that Seventowns produces just cubes that turn quite well and don't pop to satisfy the overwhelming majority of their customers.

 

[insane569]

Well when you see a speedcubing video and you know nothing about speedcubes, you assume that they're using a rubiks brand. So most go "Hey Ima get me a rubiks cube and get really fast at this" then they realize they can't turn fast on a rubiks compared to the cubes shown in most speedcubing videos. So then they rage quit and get rid of the rubiks cube. So 7 towns gets some money and no one else gets into speedcubing. We stay small, 7T gets more money and all the small cube making companies get no new buyers.

 

[CubeRoots]

Samsung paid a settlement to apple to not let it go to court. Rubik's brand aren't interested in making cubes amazing, their market is people who take it as a puzzle that teases them and as a gift etc. These people arent bothered if these cubes cut corners like a guhong or rarely pop, they just want the original puzzle for around £10. it's a stocking filler, the cheaper the better for rubiks so why would they waste their money making it better when most buyers couldnt care less.

 

[Yuxuibbs]

I think we should just tell rubik's (seven towns) to stop or just go to court and make them stop trying to take over the cubing companies and actually making "good" cubes. I'm sure if they came up with something that compared to the dayan cubes (obviously assuming they don't copy the designs like v cubes did) they would be the ones getting some money from speed cubers.

 

[megaminxwin]

Really?

There's not much they can do here. The patent is expired, pretty much all they can do is stop them selling the cubes with the colour scheme, and even then we can get stickers from somewhere else.

Also, does anyone know if the "seize and destroy bulk Rubik's cubes" is actually true? Sounds like just a threatening move to me, considering shops like E3CubeStore.

 

[Joël]

Why don't they just improve their cube design?

From what I have heard, Mr Rubik is quite conservative when it comes to changing the design of the original Rubik's Cube. I remember talking to Ton Dennebroek after I got a new LunHui (which was pretty new at the time), and he told me he suggested similar designs...

Rubik really doesn't care.

From what I have also heard is that Mr Rubik is also a bit sad about the fact that speedcubers don't use Rubik's brand cubes in competition anymore. I suspect that this is emotional rather than a financial type of 'caring'.

Both of these statements seem a little contradictory. I'll check with my source the next time I see him.

 

[thatkid]

Dude...dirst of all this DID happen and Apple actually tried to make Samsung stopping selling it.

yes but the problem was the time of release because apple didn't want samsung to release their new tablet around christmas

on topic, I think its just how kirjava says it. china doesn't care

 

[Cubenovice]

Also, does anyone know if the "seize and destroy bulk Rubik's cubes" is actually true? Sounds like just a threatening move to me, considering shops like E3CubeStore.

Offcourse it is true.
If the "non-rubik's" cubes are passed of as "Rubik's cube" it is a counterfeit issue and seize and destroy is appropriate.
But this is a different discussion all together and not related to shops selling V-cubes, Dayan's, etc.

 

[jla]

Name list?

 

[Eazoon]

seventowns is still selling lots of cubes, i started cubing two years ago and all i had was a ten year old rubiks. And the next year i wanted a faster cube, so i got a new rubiks. I didn't get a dayan until my rubiks broke and i averaged 32 seconds, and i STILL want another rubiks for the collection. And i would reccomend a rubiks to anyone who averages over 40 seconds because that way they learn to make percise turns.

So all together they sold me 2 cubes and later i will buy another, so thats 3 cubes to me, and 1 or 2 cubes to each person i reccomend them to. And they still have the crap toys they sell to people who can't solve cubes.

 

[~Adam~]

If you want to get into amounts of money spent on Rubik products I have at least a dozen 3x3s, 2 4x4s, a 5x5, a wooden 30 year addition, ice cube, 2x2 and 3x3 globes.
I bought most of the Rubik's 3x3s after I got my 1st DIY because they are good for mods and are 2 for £15 from Argos.

Long story short I think I've given Rubik enough money to warrant me buying 'knock offs'.

 

[gundamslicer]

What's the point of it? It's like technology, if you don't upgrade your product to be more effective, then other companies will and people will turn to them instead. Rubiks should put more money into research to make their cubes more friendly to speedcubers rather than wreck their reputation by attempting to shut down the sales of other branded cubes