Thread: A China-made fake Brompton
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Old 10-04-11 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by kamtsa
Probably it is related to the Merc, not the parts. Brompton had traction in courts protecting the industrial design of their bikes and EBay wants to stay lawful and cut legal expenses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brompto...le#Court_cases
no it was using the phrase "Brompton" to describe genuine "brompton" parts(!) (in association with a non brompton bike).
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