{"id":17767,"date":"2013-01-28T13:55:04","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T19:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=17767"},"modified":"2024-01-17T06:43:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T12:43:06","slug":"oxo-and-quirky-its-time-you-hugged-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2013\/01\/oxo-and-quirky-its-time-you-hugged-it-out\/","title":{"rendered":"OXO and Quirky – it’s time you hugged it out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Will these two just hug it out already?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

No idea is original,  that’s what some might have you think. Though usually we like to rib phone manufacturers for suing one another over the design of a rectangular piece of glass that connects to a cellular signal, last week <\/a>Gizmodo<\/a> <\/em>reported that the copycat fight spilled to housewares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, OXO responded to Quirky’s accusations of stiffing\u00a0inventors\u00a0with a long read on what can be broken down to one premise: “No idea is original.” Not be out done by the mock (at least we hope they weren’t serious) protest last week, OXO took their own passive-aggressive stance by offering up some free “advice” to the burgeoning housewares maker:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some important lessons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We recognize that Quirky is relatively new and there are a few things they are still figuring out. In the spirit of collaboration, we’d like to share some pointers as Quirky continues to iterate on its business model:<\/p>\n\n\n\n