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So here is a question...a team buys and uses a part one year, only for that part to be removed from the listed parts the following year.
The customer team, realizing they must now build the part themselves, uses knowledge learnt from having access to the prior year part to build their own part.
How is this not an issue between the customer and their supplier exclusively?
I would imagine the supplier, when selling any parts, has strict language outlying how that part must be used and the resulting transfer of any knowledge/ip that may derive from its short term supply of that part no?
So if Merc doesnt care enough to file a complaint then how is it Renault's duty to protect Merc's ip?
No doubt i am missing something here leading to a poor analogy on my part.
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