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dwcsr · 11-07-2014, 05:09 PM

I call BS on that one.

China doesn't need the rights to reproduce panels. Any one can make a panel for any car or truck they want. This has been litigated to death in the last 10 years. What you can't do is make a panel and say its OEM or a Genuine GM replacement part. You need a license to make GM restoration parts.

The patents on our trucks have long since run out, no patent runs 50 60 years. Even if its renewed it still can't go 50 years. They may have purchased the designs for the stamping dies but they usually steal that kind of stuff and wouldn't need to buy it.

The only time you need rights is for a GM certified part or if its still under the patent protection which is usually no more than 10 years.

Steel world wide is mostly controlled by ArcelorMittal with plants all over the world so where it comes from really doesn't matter. It may be dug up as ore in china refined in India then shipped to Yugoslavia for casting into block and then on to some other country for making sheet and on to another for finishing. So where does that piece really come from?

11-07-2014, 05:09 PM	#7
dwcsr Hollister Road Co. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 6,134	Re: Real metal Patent on our trucks I call BS on that one. China doesn't need the rights to reproduce panels. Any one can make a panel for any car or truck they want. This has been litigated to death in the last 10 years. What you can't do is make a panel and say its OEM or a Genuine GM replacement part. You need a license to make GM restoration parts. The patents on our trucks have long since run out, no patent runs 50 60 years. Even if its renewed it still can't go 50 years. They may have purchased the designs for the stamping dies but they usually steal that kind of stuff and wouldn't need to buy it. The only time you need rights is for a GM certified part or if its still under the patent protection which is usually no more than 10 years. Steel world wide is mostly controlled by ArcelorMittal with plants all over the world so where it comes from really doesn't matter. It may be dug up as ore in china refined in India then shipped to Yugoslavia for casting into block and then on to some other country for making sheet and on to another for finishing. So where does that piece really come from?