Lars Granoe, vice president of sales for URC, revealed today that the company has retained a legal firm that specializes in intellectual property law to pursue rogue internet resellers who are both unauthorized and have misappropriated URC’s copyrighted artwork, product descriptions, photographic images and other proprietary material. Said dealers are being identified and being sent Cease and Desist demand letters penned by the attorneys.Reports of unauthorized merchants selling, giving away or otherwise distributing URC’s copyrighted proprietary software, including programming editors, are similarly being pursued. The company pledges to prosecute every instance of illegal software piracy.
URC uses product serial numbers to determine whether or not items returned under warranty were purchased from an Authorized Dealer. Products that have had the serial numbers removed, products purchased secondhand and products purchased from places other than Authorized Dealers are not eligible for warranty coverage through URC. If defective, they should be returned to the place of purchase.
Furthermore, URC does not provide programming software to consumers. Consumers are firmly warned that IF ANY UNAUTHORIZED DEALER CLAIMS THAT THEY CAN SUPPLY URC PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE, IT IS MOST LIKELY STOLEN.
URC dealers – please feel free to share this with your clients.
