The timeline was not going to be quick and during that time – many Pofung radios were introduced. It should have been clear to the Trademark system, that this was a case of ‘name squatting’ but even though that was the case – there is a due process to appeal the trademark. The main goal was always to get back the rights of ‘BaoFeng’. There was no immediate remedy, and the only way to continue offering ‘BaoFeng’ radios internationally– was to change the brand name: ‘Pofung’. Of course, the exploiter would cease legal action against those parties… if they paid a ’ransom’. In January of 2014 – storefronts, re-sellers, auctions sites, and many other parties – started receiving lawsuits and impending action for ‘trademark infringement’. PDF: View Exploiter’s Trademark Exploitation and Ransom The individual applied for the trademark and in January of 2014 was granted the trademark. Way back in 2012 right after the US introduction of BaoFeng radios an individual realized that the ‘BaoFeng’ name had not received a US trademark. It was simple exploitation of the trademark system. But hold on – it was a third-party that was being ‘greedy’. To get a clear understanding, we will go back to the central reason of the sudden name change: “Greed and Money”. But 2014 has come and gone and we are almost through 2015… but yet the majority of the BaoFeng radios are still branded as BaoFeng.

ARLINGTON, SOUTH DAKOTA – WEDNESDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2015 What happened to ‘Pofung’?īack in 2014 there was a huge bombshell from BaoFeng: all future radios, that were exported out of China, were going to be branded as ‘Pofung’.

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