Re: PCBway sold my design
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I came to the conclusion many years ago that even getting a patent on a design is useless unless you are Apple or Microsoft, and even then it is no guarantee. For example the story of the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper who ruined his life fighting a large auto manufacturer who stole his design.
On Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at 10:05?AM Dave McGuire < mcguire@...> wrote: On 12/30/23 10:03, Adrian Nicol wrote:
> I agree, I've used PCBWay for some years now, both for prototype and
> non-critical, low volume production boards. I've found them to be fast,
> reliable and pretty 'on the ball' and responsive technically, even with
> some of the strange stuff I've got them to do - weird PTH footprints
> with FR4 'cantilever' designs to fit SM parts within the PCB thickness
> for example.
? ?The quality of their products and services is not in question here.
> I just don't buy into a whole business model that would make them money
> from reverse engineering a bunch of anonymous? gerbers with no Schematic
> , no BOM, no firmware and nothing on the silkscreen to give them a clue
> as to what it was, and then offering it for sale on eBay!
? ?Your buy-in notwithstanding, this practice is widely known in the
commercial world.
? ? ? ? ? ? ?-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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