I have often been asked what specifically makes a clone. I recently came up with the 3 Clonemandments:
1. Identical style/look: If you'd struggle to tell it apart from the authentic, from a short distance
2. Identical functionality: Works and is designed exactly like the authentic, with no unique features
3. Logo: If it has the copied/similar logo of the authentic
I'd say there are different levels of a clone, but if it's got any of these three, it's probably a clone. If it's got all three, this is when it would be considered a 1:1 clone.
As I've stated previously, I'm not super clone-familiar so feel free to correct me on this. A good example of "lookalikes" that aren't really clones are the Igo series (although these could be clones for all I know).
Hell, maybe everything that's cheap is considered a Clone. Thoughts?
1. Identical style/look: If you'd struggle to tell it apart from the authentic, from a short distance
2. Identical functionality: Works and is designed exactly like the authentic, with no unique features
3. Logo: If it has the copied/similar logo of the authentic
I'd say there are different levels of a clone, but if it's got any of these three, it's probably a clone. If it's got all three, this is when it would be considered a 1:1 clone.
As I've stated previously, I'm not super clone-familiar so feel free to correct me on this. A good example of "lookalikes" that aren't really clones are the Igo series (although these could be clones for all I know).
Hell, maybe everything that's cheap is considered a Clone. Thoughts?