Company required to provide schematics .....

[Paul K. Dean]

Start with 15 USCS Section 1.  One particularly interesting case noted
is related to a large copy machine manufacturer refusing to provide
service parts and information to "non-authorized" repair facilities.

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:20:21 -0700
 Glen Zook <gzook at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> It is "hidden" in one of the many consumer protection
> and anti-trust laws that have been passed by Congress
> over the past several decades.  Frankly, it would
> probably take either someone who was already familar
> with this particular legislation or else many hours of
> searching through lawbooks, the Federal Register, etc.
>
> Back in 1966 when I worked directly for Motorola all
> of these things were "pointed out" in the lawsuit that
> was aimed at getting them to provide service
> information, parts at the same cost, etc.  Of course
> Motorola "settled out of court" by starting to provide
> all of this.  General Electric and the other companies
> soon followed suit.
>
> However, that was almost 40 years ago and I don't have
> any idea as to where those requirements were.
>
> I do know that requirement was why many of the
> importers started putting in the very small schematics
> inside of their equipment.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
>
> --- John Darwin Powers <jdp3 at CORNELL.EDU> wrote:
>
> What is the law that requires companies to provide
> schematics for their products?  Does anyone know?
>
>
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