RocknRolla Posted April 13, 2015 Share Sorry these guys are being first class chops. On the Flipside, unless you protected yourself in terms on non-disclosure, sole supplier or similar agreement, unless the design has copyright or patent rights, you have no legal leg to stand on. If they did the drawings for these items, the intellectual property remains theirs. Unless you paid them design fees, but this only means you own the drawings (legal docs) Sorry for this incident, but it is painfull and expensive schoolfees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NukeproofPeanut Posted April 13, 2015 Share I really can't believe a manufacturer would do this! I hope you have the relevant clauses in your contract with them! Good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampandy Posted April 13, 2015 Share Patent and trade mark products. Even then if certain changes are made to the product one can get away with it. *** move they pulled, hope you have yourself covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted April 13, 2015 Share The doubling of your production costs is rather underhanded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest notmyname Posted April 13, 2015 Share What a cheek. Throw the book at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amberdrake Posted April 13, 2015 Share Good Luck! Unfortunately this will likely be a long and costly process. Hope you get it sorted ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathrix Posted April 13, 2015 Share If i had bicycles shop i would chase them out my shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitted Posted April 13, 2015 Share Guys we have come to an agreement with ACC Billet Engineering, and we will still be manufacturing chainrings and so will they but with a different design and under their name. We came to a mutual agreement and parted ways peacefully. We will take this as a slap on the hand and come out stronger. Lets just say that you guys will be seeing more of us everywhere, competition is good. Thanks for the support everyone. Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter, we would love to have you all on board. The more of you we have the more we will GIVE AWAY!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Stuart Posted April 13, 2015 Share Guys we have come to an agreement with ACC Billet Engineering, and we will still be manufacturing chainrings and so will they but with a different design and under their name. We came to a mutual agreement and parted ways peacefully. We will take this as a slap on the hand and come out stronger. Lets just say that you guys will be seeing more of us everywhere, competition is good. Thanks for the support everyone.Good luck, it's a nice product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vangar Posted April 13, 2015 Share Great to hear. And they way you guys handled this shows a lot of professionalism so I'd be more inclined to buy your products in future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRolla Posted April 13, 2015 Share Glad you could come to an agreement. Like you said, schoolfees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamgigglz Posted April 13, 2015 Share I've been wanting to switch to 1x10 and will likely go with Kitted simply to show support for a company that got screwed but handled it properly and with the right attitude. Competition is indeed good, but to treat underhanded philistines like those guys as mere competition shows fortitude that is to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted April 13, 2015 Share Agreed with the comments here, I will be sure to buy from Kitted, clearly a professional company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinsfish Posted April 13, 2015 Share Agreed with the comments here, I will be sure to buy from Kitted, clearly a professional company.used the a few times, great service each time, plus free stickers, but seriously they awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinsfish Posted April 13, 2015 Share great the way to handle this, awesome guys, keep up the good service and great products Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarek.pski Posted April 13, 2015 Share Let us know how things develop.I'd still want to buy products from you guys!Been after the 40/42 cassette extender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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