Fraud warning

[Levitate]

One of the larger retailers of consumer quads, "Drone-World" was recently shut down. Apparently, the owner, Stephen McKenna, was counterfeiting products (cheap knockoffs) and passing them off as the original "real" product. Attached is the court docket of what is going on:

Aerial West, LLC v. Drone World, LLC, 2:18-cv-02288 - CourtListener.com

Docket for Aerial West, LLC v. Drone World, LLC, 2:18-cv-02288 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

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[Thomas B]

One of the larger retailers of consumer quads, "Drone-World" was recently shut down. Apparently, the owner, Stephen McKenna, was counterfeiting products (cheap knockoffs) and passing them off as the original "real" product. Attached is the court docket of what is going on:

Aerial West, LLC v. Drone World, LLC, 2:18-cv-02288 - CourtListener.com

Docket for Aerial West, LLC v. Drone World, LLC, 2:18-cv-02288 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

www.courtlistener.com

The document doesn’t show any resolution, just the meanderings of a complaint in the court system. I wasted time reading the whole thing... my bad.
Is there any resolution? Was the complaint true?

 

[Levitate]

The document doesn’t show any resolution, just the meanderings of a complaint in the court system. I wasted time reading the whole thing... my bad.
Is there any resolution? Was the complaint true?

If you go through the history of the case, you'll see the Court has found in favor of the Plaintiff. Moreover, Drone-World admitted to doing this and offered a settlement, which was actually not much money and the plaintiff declined. So it goes to trial in August. In the meantime, Drone World is on the hook for millions, so that's why it is shut down.

 

[Mr. Salty]

Yes, this happened back in January: Drone World?

 

[Levitate]

Yes, this happened back in January: Drone World?

Yep - wanted to give context. They were selling counterfeit products and are getting sued into oblivion.

 

[Bigbird48]

and they will file BR and disappear

 

[Possums]

and they will file BR and disappear

looks like they are still selling:
DRONE WORLD | GENUINE DJI AND AEE DRONES

 

[Thomas B]

If you go through the history of the case, you'll see the Court has found in favor of the Plaintiff. Moreover, Drone-World admitted to doing this and offered a settlement, which was actually not much money and the plaintiff declined. So it goes to trial in August. In the meantime, Drone World is on the hook for millions, so that's why it is shut down.

Thx! Appreciate the quick summary.

 

[Possums]

Thx! Appreciate the quick summary.

So .... DJI Mavic 2 Pro | Droneworld
They are still having their Easter sell- Mavic 2 Pros cheap

 

[Thomas B]

So .... DJI Mavic 2 Pro | Droneworld
They are still having their Easter sell- Mavic 2 Pros cheap

Sure... without an injunction to stop them they likely will continue

 

[Levitate]

Sure... without an injunction to stop them they likely will continue

That’s a different droneworld. That’s some shop in South Africa. The one being sued is drone-world.com Their website is down.

 

[Thomas B]

That’s a different droneworld. That’s some shop in South Africa. The one being sued is drone-world.com Their website is down.

Thx for the heads up.

 

[MavicFT1P]

A new Regime perhaps?

RUF is fighting for the people!

edit: *RUF the car manufacturer. I have no politcal afiliations

 

[MavicMikeK]

looks like they are still selling:
DRONE WORLD | GENUINE DJI AND AEE DRONES

That one is in Cape Town, Africa and not subject to US jurisdiction. Each store is independently owned and has their own DJI authorization.

 

[Levitate]

That one is in Cape Town, Africa and not subject to US jurisdiction. Each store is independently owned and has their own DJI authorization.

It was already pointed out above that it was not that store but “drone-world.com” which is now down due to the fraud lawsuit.

 

[MavicMikeK]

It was already pointed out above that it was not that store but “drone-world.com” which is now down due to the fraud lawsuit.

Sorry for the redundancy, my bad for not reading throughly.

 

[Trollistika]

This puts a stain on all the stores with that name. I know for sure I will never buy from a store with that name. Sucks for the other guys but that's business.

 

[Levitate]

This puts a stain on all the stores with that name. I know for sure I will never buy from a store with that name. Sucks for the other guys but that's business.

True that. Honestly though- you might as well buy from a big box retailer anyway. They all have good return policies.

 

[Trollistika]

True that. Honestly though- you might as well buy from a big box retailer anyway. They all have good return policies.

Yep. And get it the same day on the very same, second, you buy it period, nothing beats that.