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Tristanmartan
truehumandesign
8
Nov 9, 2016
I'd never buy a t o r q b a r. I'm guessing that all the people that voted for it aren't aware that they were having their lawyer send letters to other spinner makers informing them of a possible, future patent violation. Implying that they should stop making spinners or prepare to deal with legal action. That project started with kickstarter and gofundme donations and now wants to kill off its competition (read that as "other small businesses). Some of the makers contacted are not even marketing to the same buyer base (price wise) , so the young makers out there that are making cheap spinners that everyone can afford (specifically people with special needs that really benefit from these devices) have to fear being sued or possibly paying royalties to them? No thanks, not interested in doing business with a greed fueled company that wants to destroy other small businesses.
kodoj
6
Jan 6, 2017
truehumandesignAny sources I can check?
truehumandesign
8
Jan 10, 2017
kodojAt this point the whole thing seems to be over. T o r q u e b a r got a lot of bad rep on instagram because everyone that was contacted by his lawyer came out and said something about it. As far as checking sources you would have to check with spinner makers on instagram. I found out when tacticalkeychains was sent a notice (which is specifically the reason his spinners are called paperweights, if you follow him you will occasionally hear him or his followers saying "don't spin it!" as a little joke about the whole thing). Tacticalkeychains removed just about all of his posts mentioning the ordeal to try and let the whole thing die and avoid more contact from the lawyers. On a lighter note, one of the counterfeiters from dhgate was selling knockoff t o r q b a r s that came with a free brass penis as a homage to the original creator, i'm pretty sure they sold out lol.
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