Seven Towns vs. Dayan - Color Scheme Copyright Infringment

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didnt read all comments, but solution: Dayan sends you un-stickered cube with separate stickers...
 
I just recieved my zhanchi mini DIY kit and it came with the normal stickers =) maybe it wasnt a problem because it was a DIY but still im glad its the standard colors.
 
Ooi Yan Qing said:
why rubik company fighting for that?? why don't they just create a cube that is better than dayan cube??
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Because speedcubers who are interested in speedcubes are only a small minority of people who buy Rubik's cubes. It's not worth their while to spend money and time on developing and producing a proper speedcube, when only a small group of people will be interested in them.
 
It said it was going after Dayan, so you could use a FangCun which is a knockoff of a Zhanchi and the WCA would have to allow it.you could use V-Cube (who does this stuff also hint:GuHong) ,Shengshou, FangCun or even Rubik's (Haha LOL) and if they spread to them companies we will just have to use purple. simple as, or you could change white to black and that would be legal because it isn't there colour scheme because black is facing yellow and white should
 
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i'm necroing this but apparently there's still some tuffles with copyrights.


apparently someone ordered cubes from china and they got stopped at customs. he's being offered a brand spanking new rubiks speed cube in compensation
 
Why are they doing this? Most people out there still buy Rubik's brand cubes. I'd say the speedcubes that are out there are actually making Rubik's brand cubes more popular because if you are a non-cuber and see speedcubers playing with their cubes you may develop an interest and go buy one at a store which will probably be a Rubik's brand. If people were only allowed to buy Rubik's brand cubes, speedcubing as a hobby would kind of die.
 
sneaklyfox said:
Why are they doing this? Most people out there still buy Rubik's brand cubes. I'd say the speedcubes that are out there are actually making Rubik's brand cubes more popular because if you are a non-cuber and see speedcubers playing with their cubes you may develop an interest and go buy one at a store which will probably be a Rubik's brand. If people were only allowed to buy Rubik's brand cubes, speedcubing as a hobby would kind of die.
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I actually got a Rubiks brand just because I thought someone had a modded Rubiks brand lol
 
Holy crap what is this :D What gives the custom officials the right to destroy the cubes because of a "copyright infringement"? Rubiks patent is off and the mechanics are completely different. It's like I was buying a Ferrari which is destroyed by the custom officials because Mercedes Benz got all pissy since they invented the modern car first. But ah, no worries. Benz is sending me a replacement from their factory. WHAT?
 
What the hell? The mechanics are nothing like in a rubik's cube (plus i think i heard that rubik's patent has run out). and destroying the cubes just because of the color scheme is just stupid. if they really wouldn't want to give me my cubes just because of the stickers, i'd tell them to peel the stickers off so they couldn't complain anymore (would actually save me some work, as i'd be replacing them anyway).
and giving you some $#&%/ rubiks 3x3 (which just costs them money) isn't even an option

i had like 2 or 3 rubik's brand 3x3s, a 4x4 and the 2x2x4, so i think i supported them more than enough considering the quality of their products

seems like i got even more reasons to only buy DIYs now ..
 
windhero said:
Holy crap what is this :D What gives the custom officials the right to destroy the cubes because of a "copyright infringement"? Rubiks patent is off and the mechanics are completely different. It's like I was buying a Ferrari which is destroyed by the custom officials because Mercedes Benz got all pissy since they invented the modern car first. But ah, no worries. Benz is sending me a replacement from their factory. WHAT?
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This isn't a patent issue. The "copyright infringement" refers to the color scheme used, which doesn't follow the same laws that patents do. Color schemes can be copyrighted, just like text on a page or notes in a melody.
 
Would it work if Dayan would change white to grey? To me that wouldn't screw up recognition, but would Seven Towns be happy about it I don't know.
 
Yeah I do agree with that. It just seems weird that they are after the color orientation and not the actual colors. But if buying DIY kits solve the problem I don't see why it is such a huge thing then.
 
Honestly, given the text of the copyright, it might be enough to simply sticker 5 sides (as long as you don't leave the white side unstickered on a white cube). Of course, there are many things which Seven Towns would claim as copyright violations even if they technically aren't, and realistically, it would be far too expensive to fight it. A cube seizure like this might cost one person a few dozen or even hundred dollars, but to get a lawyer to look over the copyright and force them to give you the cubes back could easily run into the thousands.
 
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