Quote Originally Posted by dirge
Most if not all fan accessories do NOT use copyrighted or trademarked images/names on their packaging. Copyright does not extend to items designed to work with a branded item, unless they mislead the consumer into believing the item is genuine or licensed. City Commander is specifically designed to fit a HasTak branded item, just as a Calidad cartridge is designed to work in a HP printer. It will _refer to_ HP on the packaging, and is directly competing with HP for business. If anything, the producer of the generic cartridge is closer to a copyright infringement, since they've reverse engineered the print head and such. And that's wholly dependent on HP's patented product and IP.

Either way, producing a product to fit another specific product is not, in itself, violating copyright. If it were, the generic printer cartridge manufacturers would have been out of business a LONG time ago.
This is what I was trying to say back in post #7:
Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Garage kits are kinda like software and hardware that people make that just happen to be compatible with products made by companies like IBM, but not actually made by those companies. How many of us have "IBM compatible" PCs?
Same with car parts. My mechanic always asks me if he wants me to replace parts with the same manufacturer as my car or a cheaper generic brand part that is compatible with my car's make/model. I personally don't feel the urge to pay extra money for an oil filter just because it has my car maker's logo on it; I'll happily buy a cheaper unknown brand.