My Keyboard Toys

[Amwilburn]

Since Medeli seems to assemble arranger keyboards for Yamaha ( like the Genos e. g  ? ) in China it might be possible both companies have made some agreements.
I have no idea.
Does Medeli belong to the Yamaha family ?

Not sure where this idea came from, but Yamaha, Roland, Korg (I think Kawaii also) don't do OEM. Meledi doesn't make keyboards for any of those brands. They *have* made products for retailers though (including for us). And interestingly, they made a drum kit for us that I later saw an identical one from Alesis, and my original thought was the same as yours: they must be making it for them. I just googled, the Alesis DM10 actually *did* use Medeli pads and parts.


If anything, Yamaha could sue them for infrigement of design;Trade dress protection:
Your product can be similar enough to let the consumer know that it fills the same niche as the other company's product, but it can't be so similar that the consumer thinks your product came from the other company.

The fact that you thought they also manufactured for Yamaha brings credence to a potential lawsuit.
Yamaha has their own factories in Japan, Indonesia, China, and their own QA staff *on site*. OEM is when a manufacturer uses another to produce products under their own banner; Yamaha doesn't do this

It's possible they could in the future though, so never say never; but that's unlikely because they need to protect their i.p.

Way late, but hillarious to me that Yamaha successfully sued Medlei (I'd missed PJD's post)

Like I'd said, they most definitely weren't working together in any way shape or form. But like I said, it was always possible in the future; and now Medeli *is* working with Roland, which is pretty impressive when you think about it!
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