
Who is protecting our automotive intellectual property? DIESEL Motorsports USA!
After NAFTA the China influence came into our business where they copied our US patent performance parts and accessories and then resold them in the US for less. NONE of our patent laws protected our US manufacturers. Blatant copied parts were not only sold to US markets but the big 3 OEMs bought mostly from China. Nothing was done to protect our innovative performance inventors and manufacturers even to this day.
Now the current tariffs are forcing some manufacturing back to the US but is the damage already done? Too little, too late? What about the patent parts that were stolen by overseas manufacturing? Will there be compensation for those original patent holders?
Many of our great performance innovator's products have been ripped off by overseas companies. When the US manufacturers tried to stop them they were faced with huge legal fees and no laws protecting their intellectual property/products.
For many years we were told if you come up with a great product make sure you patent and register the name. Millions of dollars have been collected by our patent office and attorneys following the law. It is all gone now since China not only does not honor our patents but our own courts and laws will not protect US manufacturers.
So when is this great tragedy going to be addressed and corrected??? That is the big question when it comes to automotive! What groups are helping our manufacturers and why would anyone try to come up with something new when it will only get ripped off by somebody sending it overseas?
I know a company of not only did they patent the products but went to the expense of obtaining EPA/CARB EO numbers for their products only to be ripped off by oversea companies. Then their same products were being sold on Ebay without EPA/CARB approval numbers with no inspections. He was told that was another government department and it is not being enforced.
WHY would anyone put extra monies into development right now? Why would manufacturing be brought back to the USA when it will be ripped off again in four years? NO laws protect our automotive manufacturing whether it's OEM or performance!