[Asterisk-biz] Fraud Alert: CGC Technologies (HK) Limited& Digiumchina.com

[Tony Nichols]

I saw a report that they even copy cars!
So... needless to say ANYTHING is up for grabs there.

t o n y

On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 08:39 -0500, Cory Andrews wrote:
> The location of DigiumChina is a popular area for counterfeitters.  Due 
> to their success and the relative retail value of their products, Digium 
> will likely see some attempts by Chinese manufacturers to counterfeit 
> their products.  I hope it does not occur, but it has happened to a lot 
> of technology vendors in recent years, including Cisco and 3COM. 
> 
> A few years ago the US market began to be flooded by countereitted Cisco 
> routers and accessories like WIC and NM modules.  This product was 
> passable as genuine, but tended to have a very high failure rate due to 
> inferior components and low manufacturing standards.
> 
> Cory Andrews
> Senior Partner
> +++++++++++
> VOIPSupply.com
> 454 Sonwil Drive
> Buffalo, NY 14225
> +++++++++++
> voice - 716.630.1555 X22
> email - Cory at VOIPSupply.com
> fax - 716.630.1548
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Phillips wrote:
> 
> > Not only that but "digiumchina" is not "digium". Many companies have 
> > found that they cannot persue legal action against so called "name 
> > pirates" because of a variance in the name chosen by the pirate.
> >
> > I've been through this with a previous employer, Royalblue. The 
> > employer fired one of the leading sales men whom in turn went out and 
> > registered a company called "Royalblue (America) Inc". Said person 
> > then went after consulting work in the same market as his former 
> > employer.
> >
> > A New York Judge threw the case out before the opening arguments had 
> > even begun. The Judge's take was that anyone was free to call 
> > themselves what they wanted and to persue work wherever they so chose.
> >
> > The guy is doing quite well for himself today and employs a number of 
> > former Royalblue employee's all of whom were at one time fired by 
> > Royalblue. Royalblue have tried to impose a non compete agreement upon 
> > its staff in a bid to thwart the salesman but even that has been 
> > thrown out in a New York court.
> >
> > Mark, G7LTT/KC2ENI
> > Randolph, NJ
> > http://www.g7ltt.com
> >
> >
> > Steve Totaro wrote:
> >
> >>>
> >>> On 12/07/05 09:38 David Liu said the following:
> >>>
> >>>> They are now re-advertising themselves again on the Wiki and
> >>>
> >>
> >> presenting
> >>
> >>>> themselves as digiumchina.com.  So I'd like the community to be
> >>>
> >>
> >> aware of
> >>
> >>> whatever the reality in your interaction with them, i believe that
> >>
> >>
> >> digium
> >>
> >>> inc will have something to say about that, especially the use of the
> >>> digium
> >>> name.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> That may prove difficult since they are in China and China is not really
> >> known for enforcing IP Laws.
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --
> >>
> >> Asterisk-Biz mailing list
> >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
> >>    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
> >>
> > _______________________________________________
> > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --
> >
> > Asterisk-Biz mailing list
> > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
> >   http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --
> 
> Asterisk-Biz mailing list
> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz