edbighi
lvl.4
Flight distance : 47455053 ft
Italy
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Somehow the Mavic name theory is keeping me wondering. Back during pre launch, when I first read the name, I thought why? Why Mavic? This is the brand name of the wheels on my road bike. The brand name of at least a third of the wheels on the Tour de France. This isn't the same as calling a drone phantom or inspire. This has the potential for a massive lawsuit. For those who don't know, Porsche always had a habit of naming cars based on their project numbers. The 911 was project 901 which is why many of the parts on early 911s including the transmissions and engines begin with 901. Why wasn't the car itself called 901? Because Peugeot argued, in court, that model numbers with 0 as the middle digit were exclusive to their brand. They won out, Porsche changed it to 911. So this isn't to be taken lightly. I find it utterly moronic to use the brand name of a very relevant maker of high end bicycle parts. It's not as if Mavic in France named the company after a bird or tree. It is an acronym for Manufacture d'Articles Vélocipédiques Idoux et Chanel. Since 1899 this is the only meaning if the word. How in their right minds, can the higher ups at DJI come up with a name like that out of the blue and have the coincidence that it's the name of a high end bicycle parts manufacturer? And if it was pure coincidence, didn't they bother to check? Might as well have called the drone DJI Shimano. What brain fade! Call it DJI phantom 5, DJI falcon, DJI bora since very few kids today know that car. Besides, that car, as all seventies Maseratis, are named after winds. But the name of a famous high end bike wheel maker? Massive faux pas at best, massive courtroom situation at worst. Considering the short length of time between the public finding out about the mavic pre launch, and post launch, I would bet that Mavic in France didn't notice. But the moment it started to drastically change the first page of Google's search results for mavic yielding 50% drones instead of 100% bicycle wheels had to have raised a few eyebrows at Mavic's corporate offices in Annecy, France. This most likely led to a phone call to its current parent company, Amer Sports. How big is this one? They own Salomon, Wilson Sporting Goods, Atomic Skis, Arc’teryx, Mavic, Suunto, ENVE Composites, and Precor. Which would lead to an unpleasant little call from Europe over at DJI'd headquarters in China. Of course, this is all speculation, but it is not beyond the realm of probability and would cause a stop on any shipment of our anxiously expected drone. And, due to legal reasons, result in this strange silence from DJI on the matter. This, if course, in spite of DJI's special ways of dealing with customers. |
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