I’m just saying that clones can be sold as long as they don’t claim to be the original products.
This again will lead to more competition and sometimes even turn people into buying phones with similar designs from a known manufacturer, in this case Nokia.

In the “good old times” you really would get quality when you bought an original product.
Unfortunately that is no longer the case.
Today, as a consequence of our consumer market behavior the manufacturers produce low quality products selling them for a much higher price just because of the trademark.

I’m fully aware of people being tricked by fraudsters and I’m against it.

As long as the clones are sold under a COMPLETELY different name that’s ok for me.
(I’m here not just meaning mobile phones, but e.g. also (hand) bags, watches etc.)

When it comes to mobile clones some even have the support of dual sim which is very uncommon to non existent from the original manufacturers.
(I know Samsung has one, and probably other too)

In this case Nokia haven’t even done anything with their patent, that is they haven’t released a phone with this design.
That again means the people producing the clones haven’t done anything illegal as such.
(I might be very wrong here as I don’t know how US laws are concerning patents)

Besides patents that is valid in e.g. US is not necessary valid in e.g. Norway where I live.
(Which in most cases concerns computer software)

Some of the patents can even be really really ridiculous.

I’m just saying that clones can be sold as long as they don’t claim to be the original products.
This again will lead to more competition and sometimes even turn people into buying phones with similar designs from a known manufacturer, in this case Nokia.

In the “good old times” you really would get quality when you bought an original product.
Unfortunately that is no longer the case.
Today, as a consequence of our consumer market behavior the manufacturers produce low quality products selling them for a much higher price just because of the trademark.

I’m fully aware of people being tricked by fraudsters and I’m against it.

As long as the clones are sold under a COMPLETELY different name that’s ok for me.
(I’m here not just meaning mobile phones, but e.g. also (hand) bags, watches etc.)

When it comes to mobile clones some even have the support of dual sim which is very uncommon to non existent from the original manufacturers.
(I know Samsung has one, and probably other too)

In this case Nokia haven’t even done anything with their patent, that is they haven’t released a phone with this design.
That again means the people producing the clones haven’t done anything illegal as such.
(I might be very wrong here as I don’t know how US laws are concerning patents)

Besides patents that is valid in e.g. US is not necessary valid in e.g. Norway where I live.
(Which in most cases concerns computer software)

Some of the patents can even be really really ridiculous.

Just today we have had another two members who were having problems with their handsets, and after asking a series of questions, we found they had clones. All we can do, is offer to help these members try and file a successful claim to get their money back, depending on how they have paid, and where they purchased the clone from. Usually eBay however. Its not a nice thing to do to tell someone they have purchased a clone, particularly when your talking about upwards of $500.

We also have many pages that offer help to stop people falling prey to these counterfeiters, and I have even a few articles on my Blogs about them, including the BBC contacting me regarding a Watchdog type investigation.

The software used in the cloned N95′s is terrible, and on the latter clones, its actually an older Nokia devices software, which has been hacked, so much so, it will show a result when *#0000# is entered into the keypad, only to fool the unsuspecting, and to try and convince the unknowing amongst us, but with some simple steps to take, and many photos for people to look through, we hope to keep as many people away from supporting the counterfeiters as possible.

Whoops, sorry about the rant.

Just today we have had another two members who were having problems with their handsets, and after asking a series of questions, we found they had clones. All we can do, is offer to help these members try and file a successful claim to get their money back, depending on how they have paid, and where they purchased the clone from. Usually eBay however. Its not a nice thing to do to tell someone they have purchased a clone, particularly when your talking about upwards of $500.

We also have many pages that offer help to stop people falling prey to these counterfeiters, and I have even a few articles on my Blogs about them, including the BBC contacting me regarding a Watchdog type investigation.

The software used in the cloned N95′s is terrible, and on the latter clones, its actually an older Nokia devices software, which has been hacked, so much so, it will show a result when *#0000# is entered into the keypad, only to fool the unsuspecting, and to try and convince the unknowing amongst us, but with some simple steps to take, and many photos for people to look through, we hope to keep as many people away from supporting the counterfeiters as possible.

Whoops, sorry about the rant.