Note how they said "design one". The design is undoubtedly Snap Ons. So what they are offering to do is steal Snap On's IP, violate their exclusive contract, and sell to some greedy US bastards.
If you want the light, it's available. Go buy it. I think it was on sale recently. I have 3. They really are great.
Actually, this sounds to me exactly like they are the OEM and they are respecting the rules of the contract but not a step more. Having worked with more than a few OEMs in the scientific industry, American ones at that, this is the exact response you would get from them if you tried to get a product which matches ours. We give specifications and lock down what is important in the contract, they design the thing for us (through many revisions), at the end we lock down anything else that has shown up as important: you pay through the nose at this point so better to try to lock it down earlier. Once that's complete, the OEM knows exactly what they can and can't do for other companies that come to them.
1) it is a flashlight, there is no proprietary IP in these lights other than trade dress.
2)they explicitly state they will not sell this version. They know the contract and what parts snap-on locked down. Same with the OEMs I work with. They know what they can and can't do. It's up to snap-on to write their contact properly.
3) this is a lighting design company. They have to make a living too with their designs. There are only so many designs of lights. As long as it didn't look identical or infringe on something snap-on locked down in their contact then they have every right to earn their living.
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