Post by Carl on Mar 22, 2023 11:03:52 GMT -5
We are sharing an article from another website about Sponge Filters and the now common patent violations from China and those selling such products.
"What Does a Patented Aquarium Sponge Filter Mean? "
www.sponge-filter.com/2016/07/what-does-patented-aquarium-sponge.html
Excerpt:
"What we can do is avoid these companies and stores that sell these.
Unfortunately in our often social media driven world, we have aquarium marketing schemes de-jour such as "My Aquarium Box" actively promoting just one such patent infringer. As well as popular YouTubers such as Aquarium Cop-op re-branding Chinese made copycats with inferior sponge material and claiming that only coarse filter material should be used as it is better when in fact in many cases it is not the best choice and more often than not, a combination of fine and coarse clearly is best.
We also have a popular blogger who has very well written articles on fish care and implies expertise with "Labs" in the title. Unfortunately, he too promotes Amazon Chinese knock offs. Worse yet, when confronted, he goes off on a "Red Herring" argument about how often AAP updates their page as a way to somehow discredit the content, which this has no bearing on the subject (as well the content on the AAP website has been updated often, in past on this subject, prior to the sale of the business, it was updated on average every 6 months which is far more than any other author of quality aquarium keeping information).
In the end, we need persons in this hobby who will listen to others who have been around a long time to mentor them and and then follow the trail of truth. "
"What Does a Patented Aquarium Sponge Filter Mean? "
www.sponge-filter.com/2016/07/what-does-patented-aquarium-sponge.html
Excerpt:
"What we can do is avoid these companies and stores that sell these.
Unfortunately in our often social media driven world, we have aquarium marketing schemes de-jour such as "My Aquarium Box" actively promoting just one such patent infringer. As well as popular YouTubers such as Aquarium Cop-op re-branding Chinese made copycats with inferior sponge material and claiming that only coarse filter material should be used as it is better when in fact in many cases it is not the best choice and more often than not, a combination of fine and coarse clearly is best.
We also have a popular blogger who has very well written articles on fish care and implies expertise with "Labs" in the title. Unfortunately, he too promotes Amazon Chinese knock offs. Worse yet, when confronted, he goes off on a "Red Herring" argument about how often AAP updates their page as a way to somehow discredit the content, which this has no bearing on the subject (as well the content on the AAP website has been updated often, in past on this subject, prior to the sale of the business, it was updated on average every 6 months which is far more than any other author of quality aquarium keeping information).
In the end, we need persons in this hobby who will listen to others who have been around a long time to mentor them and and then follow the trail of truth. "
