[krapp]

So hire a Chinese company to manufacture it on the cheap to begin with. Isn't that what everyone does anyway?

The market doesn't care about who has the best idea, or who had it first, it only cares about who comes to market with the best deal for the consumer.

[prepend]

A friend of mine tried this. Chinese company delayed shipment to US and flooded amazon with counterfeits made on the same line.

By the time the product made it through customs his “partner” had sold thousands.

[lowdest]

I was wondering if that would be an issue. It might be worthwhile to present it to the factory as something else. E.g. a quadcopter part presented as handheld fan for hot weather.