As you all know there are a few companies that assemble custom computers for profit which can include a wide array of proprietary and/or trademarked/patented components.
iBuyPower & CyberPowerPC are a couple of examples that take these types of computer components & computer software, construct the PC from start to finish, installing everything from processors to operating systems, and then turn them around for profit, even allowing the consumer to create a custom computer for the company to build for them.
Then there are the companies like Toshiba & Samsung who take a more streamline approach to deliver standard, predetermined computer configurations for the mainstream, end-user market.
Now that you have an understanding of the plot I'm trying to portray, what are the policies/terms/conditions/legalities in which companies, such as the aforementioned, must undertake and/or abide by to assemble components from manufactures in which they assemble by request for consumers?
What would be required of me by law or company policy to assemble a computer simply to sell for profit? I understand that laws & company policies vary from state to state, country to country, and company to company, I'm just trying to get a general consensus on the prospect to see if building custom computers from home for profit is a viable endeavor.
Do such companies as iBuyPower and Samsung for instance have to pay royalties for their sales to the manufacturers who made each component?
Would simply building a PC from scratch & then listing it on Ebay as a brand spankin' new gaming pc be acceptable or would that open one up to lawsuits from the manufacturers of the components?
Feel free to speculate and/or offer your expert opinions.
iBuyPower & CyberPowerPC are a couple of examples that take these types of computer components & computer software, construct the PC from start to finish, installing everything from processors to operating systems, and then turn them around for profit, even allowing the consumer to create a custom computer for the company to build for them.
Then there are the companies like Toshiba & Samsung who take a more streamline approach to deliver standard, predetermined computer configurations for the mainstream, end-user market.
Now that you have an understanding of the plot I'm trying to portray, what are the policies/terms/conditions/legalities in which companies, such as the aforementioned, must undertake and/or abide by to assemble components from manufactures in which they assemble by request for consumers?
What would be required of me by law or company policy to assemble a computer simply to sell for profit? I understand that laws & company policies vary from state to state, country to country, and company to company, I'm just trying to get a general consensus on the prospect to see if building custom computers from home for profit is a viable endeavor.
Do such companies as iBuyPower and Samsung for instance have to pay royalties for their sales to the manufacturers who made each component?
Would simply building a PC from scratch & then listing it on Ebay as a brand spankin' new gaming pc be acceptable or would that open one up to lawsuits from the manufacturers of the components?
Feel free to speculate and/or offer your expert opinions.