Is it legal to import a Swiftech H320 into the US?

[Chosenminecraft]

Exactly as the title says. I know that Asatek says it violates a patent and they stopped the sale in the US but is it legal to own one in the US if you were to import it from Canada or other places?

[Bluejay0]

Yes it's legal. 

[terrytek]

It's like importing an R34 into the US (if you speak JDM), but the exact opposite. It's completely legal, assuming customs accept it or don't catch it being imported.

[mr moose]

ooh this sounds like it'll be interesting.

 

I have no knowledge of yank law specifically but this is my bet:  It is illegal to import and sell in US or to sell to the US but not illegal if a friend sends you one. 

[mr moose]

It's like importing an R34 into the US (if you speak JDM), but the exact opposite. It's completely legal, assuming customs accept it or don't catch it being imported.

but does importing an r34 infringe a patent law or just a companies desire not to make it officially available in the US?

[chaozbandit]

but does importing an r34 infringe a patent law or just a companies desire not to make it officially available in the US?

 

Importing a Nissan Skyline R34 before the terms of the 25 year Import Law applicable to that vehicle pass is a violation, and is subject to seizure by the appropriate customs and border authorities. It's just the US's take on various emissions and safety standards and what not, and applies to nearly all vehicles not produced domestically unless that vehicle has been granted a special title to pass within state borders. It's different north of the border here in Canada, but the same basic structure applies on vehicular imports. Anyways, the R34 specifically was only produced in Japan.

 

Comparing importing a computer component to importing a vehicle isn't the best analogy, but you get the jist of it. Be weary of the laws your state has written up regarding imports, because either way whatever you're bringing into country is checked by customs.

[paulsterio]

Exactly as the title says. I know that Asatek says it violates a patent and they stopped the sale in the US but is it legal to own one in the US if you were to import it from Canada or other places?

 

It is legal to own one, but not to buy one. 

[wng_kingsley7]

Exactly as the title says. I know that Asatek says it violates a patent and they stopped the sale in the US but is it legal to own one in the US if you were to import it from Canada or other places?

well if you're not there you can't really import it....

It is legal to own one, but not to buy one.

why not...international shipping however its best to either know somebody to deliver it to you

[DudeWazap]

If you buy it and have it shipped to the US then it is not illegal.

[mr moose]

Importing a Nissan Skyline R34 before the terms of the 25 year Import Law applicable to that vehicle pass is a violation, and is subject to seizure by the appropriate customs and border authorities. It's just the US's take on various emissions and safety standards and what not, and applies to nearly all vehicles not produced domestically unless that vehicle has been granted a special title to pass within state borders. It's different north of the border here in Canada, but the same basic structure applies on vehicular imports. Anyways, the R34 specifically was only produced in Japan.

 

Comparing importing a computer component to importing a vehicle isn't the best analogy, but you get the jist of it. Be weary of the laws your state has written up regarding imports, because either way whatever you're bringing into country is checked by customs.

 

Interesting, as far as I know in Aus we can import any car we want so long as it meets two conditions, 1. it hasn't got any air conditioning attached (cfc's) and 2. it doesn't have cocaine stuffed in the seats.

[IDprofile]

Interesting, as far as I know in Aus we can import any car we want so long as it meets two conditions, 1. it hasn't got any air conditioning attached (cfc's) and 2. it doesn't have cocaine stuffed in the seats.

How about stashed in the tires?

 

OP, it's legal.

[lukeptba]

Interesting, as far as I know in Aus we can import any car we want so long as it meets two conditions, 1. it hasn't got any air conditioning attached (cfc's) and 2. it doesn't have cocaine stuffed in the seats.

As someone whose family members import boats to race in, I'll have you know even though you can import nearly anything, getting it through the customs check in one piece is high improbable.

The usual problems are customs grinding/sawing off the sides fo trailers to fit more things into freight and storage areas, cutting fuel lines in the middle, cutting electrical cabling in the middle, cutting hydraulic lines and brake lines on trailers, slashing seats, chipping fibre glass. 

Getting something through in brand new condition is like winning the silicone lottery on a 4770k, sure people have done it before, but you know you will never be lucky enough to do it yourself.

[Admire]

Interesting, as far as I know in Aus we can import any car we want so long as it meets two conditions, 1. it hasn't got any air conditioning attached (cfc's) and 2. it doesn't have cocaine stuffed in the seats.

 

LoL! I remember watching that show "Border Security"  and I just could not help but laugh when you said that.........Tthey follow those people checking passangers and luggage and shit at the airport. There was this chick who were travelling on her own and they took these drug scanning devices and it found traces of coke all over her luggage and they kept asking her quistions.....Then they went to a more advanced test and found NOTHING!

 

Weirdest thing ever. poor lady.

 

but does importing an r34 infringe a patent law or just a companies desire not to make it officially available in the US?

 

I HATE that parent law crap! Sorry, but apple really got the ball rolling in the wrong direction with that crap. This is ruining advances in technology every single day.

If all parent law worked like this in the past, claw hammers would be illegal based on the fact that the claw hammer copied the normal hammer.

[DefinitelyNotAPedophile]

It's illegal to stock the h220 in the us. Ncix us is selling it because they are not keeping their h220 stock in the us. It's not illegal to sell it in the us. It's legal to own h220 and you can import cooler in the us

[paulsterio]

why not...international shipping however its best to either know somebody to deliver it to you

 

Pretty sure if you buy it internationally it'll just get taken off you at customs. 

[wng_kingsley7]

Pretty sure if you buy it internationally it'll just get taken off you at customs.

Nope I bought my Razer mamba and mech keyboard from the US nothing got taken off of me

[paulsterio]

Nope I bought my Razer mamba and mech keyboard from the US nothing got taken off of me

 

Are they not allowed to be sold in the UK? 

 

Interesting, I heard that it wasn't allowed, but oh well. 

[terrytek]

Importing a Nissan Skyline R34 before the terms of the 25 year Import Law applicable to that vehicle pass is a violation, and is subject to seizure by the appropriate customs and border authorities. It's just the US's take on various emissions and safety standards and what not, and applies to nearly all vehicles not produced domestically unless that vehicle has been granted a special title to pass within state borders. It's different north of the border here in Canada, but the same basic structure applies on vehicular imports. Anyways, the R34 specifically was only produced in Japan.

 

Comparing importing a computer component to importing a vehicle isn't the best analogy, but you get the jist of it. Be weary of the laws your state has written up regarding imports, because either way whatever you're bringing into country is checked by customs.

 

Well, the DOT here in the US checks all foreign imports to make sure no imports make it into the border illegally. The R34 is considered forbidden in the US by the DOT, but thankfully, the R33 is able to be imported legally, since it's been 25 years since it came out.

[mr moose]

As someone whose family members import boats to race in, I'll have you know even though you can import nearly anything, getting it through the customs check in one piece is high improbable.

The usual problems are customs grinding/sawing off the sides fo trailers to fit more things into freight and storage areas, cutting fuel lines in the middle, cutting electrical cabling in the middle, cutting hydraulic lines and brake lines on trailers, slashing seats, chipping fibre glass. 

Getting something through in brand new condition is like winning the silicone lottery on a 4770k, sure people have done it before, but you know you will never be lucky enough to do it yourself.

Wow, first I heard of such damage to imported goods,  I'd find a new shipping company.  Or take before and after photos then have them pay for the damage.

 

EDIT: because some of what you describe sounds purely like vandalism.

[lukeptba]

Wow, first I heard of such damage to imported goods,  I'd find a new shipping company.  Or take before and after photos then have them pay for the damage.

 

EDIT: because some of what you describe sounds purely like vandalism.

Yeah, It's customs, they wont cough up a penny for shit.

[mr moose]

Yeah, It's customs, they wont cough up a penny for shit.

I'm gobb smacked they can do that and you don't have a leg to stand on.  It really doesn't sound legal. 

[lukeptba]

I'm gobb smacked they can do that and you don't have a leg to stand on.  It really doesn't sound legal. 

Well, when you challenge customs and actually pursue a resolution, all you're going to hear is bureaucratic horse shit and that it's for the 'greater good' and there could have been drugs in there..

Meanwhile, it took the retards 11 years to finally catch my next door neighbor importing $11,000,000 worth of cocaine dissolved into beer over from mexico. 

[Admire]

Yeah, It's customs, they wont cough up a penny for shit.

 

Damn, im happy out customs aren't like that.

[brob]

As far as I know any patent violation has not been established, simply claimed. Certainly I wouldn't expect NCIX US to sell both the H220 and H320 in the US if it were not legal to do so - http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=86340.

[mr moose]

Well, when you challenge customs and actually pursue a resolution, all you're going to hear is bureaucratic horse shit and that it's for the 'greater good' and there could have been drugs in there..

Meanwhile, it took the retards 11 years to finally catch my next door neighbor importing $11,000,000 worth of cocaine dissolved into beer over from mexico.

 

I feel for you, bureaucracy is as bad as communism as far as I am concerned.