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Yahoo
04-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
New Board, Who Dis? Onewheel Launches Expanded Trade-In Program for Board Upgrades
Register by February 28, 2025, to recycle your old board and earn credits to spend on select new Onewheel models SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Future Motion Inc., the maker of Onewheel, the iconic, self-balancing single-wheel electric board, is announcing the launch of its expanded Onewheel trade-in program. Eligible boards can be traded in for a limited time to earn credit toward select new boards. All used boards, including batteries and electronic components, are responsibly recycled. Visit to check eligibility and estimate trade-in value. "With spring just around the corner, this is the perfect time to upgrade and get the latest and greatest Onewheel into your hands to kick off the new riding season," said Kyle Doerksen, Future Motion CEO and the inventor of Onewheel. "We are passionate about building electric personal mobility vehicles that people love, and sustainability is one of the core pillars of that mission. We're happy that we can make it easy for riders to recycle e-waste responsibly when they upgrade to their next boards." Key Dates: Trade-in registrations must be completed by February 28, 2025 Boards must be sent in by March 31, 2025 Trade-in credit coupons must be used by May 31, 2025 The program accepts the Onewheel+ XR, Onewheel GT, and is now, for the first time also accepting trade-ins on Onewheel Pint and Onewheel Pint X boards. Future Motion also invites riders to bring other used scooters, e-bikes, EUCs, and electronic waste to the company's Santa Cruz headquarters (1201 Shaffer Road) for in-person appraisals and trade-ins on Thursday, February 6, and Friday, February 7, between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm. "Last year's trade-in program was a great success, and now that we have completely renovated our product line over the last year with three brand new boards, we are excited for more riders to get their hands on the most advanced boards ever," said Director of Marketing Jack Mudd. Since its launch in 2014, Future Motion has grown to become the largest manufacturer of light electric vehicles in the United States. True to its roots, it still designs and manufactures its boards 100% in California. The product lineup now offers a range of models, including the Pint, Pint X, Pint S, XR Classic, GT, and the GT S-Series, each delivering distinct performance capabilities and features. For more information and to start your trade-in, please visit About Future Motion, Inc. Future Motion, Inc. is a pioneer in personal mobility, committed to redefining the future of board sports and micromobility for over a decade. Its flagship product, Onewheel, is a self-balancing single-wheel electric board using sensors and gyroscopes to maintain balance and stability. Onewheel delivers the feeling of flow and freedom, allowing riders to control their speed and direction with intuitive leaning motions. Its product lineup includes the Onewheel Pint, Pint X, Pint S, XR Classic, Onewheel GT, and Onewheel GT S-Series, each with unique performance capabilities and features. Onewheel provides a unique and exhilarating experience that delivers both the thrill of board sports and convenient transportation. It is ideal for recreation, urban commuting, or off-road exploration with its all-terrain capabilities. Onewheel holds over 110 patents for its technology and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California. It proudly designs and manufactures its products in the United States. Learn about Onewheel and shop products at and learn more about the Onewheel Racing League at Follow Onewheel on Instagram, YouTube, Tik Tok, and X (formerly Twitter). Follow the Onewheel Racing League on Instagram, and catch exclusive content from the Onewheel Factory Team on Instagram. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Future Motion, Inc. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Business
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Should Google block access to copyright infringing videos on YouTube?
A plaintiff in a copyright infringement suit recently got some bad news when the court refused to sanction Google for its failure to remove allegedly infringing videos from YouTube. The problem for the plaintiff was that Google wasn't a party to the underlying suit, and the plaintiff had no evidence that Google acted in concert with the infringing defendant. Future Motion – the plaintiff – develops, manufactures, markets and sells a line of self-balancing electric skateboards and related items. In November 2023, the plaintiff sued Tony Lai, who owned a business called Floatwheel. Future Motion alleged that Lai and Floatwheel infringed four of Future Motion's patents on its skateboard technology by manufacturing, importing and selling Floatwheel self-balancing electric skateboards to American customers. Floatwheel did not attend preliminary proceedings, and so it was not there to object to an injunction issued by the court. Part of that injunction provided: "It is hereby further ordered that, in accordance with the Court's inherent equitable power to issue provisional remedies ancillary to its authority to provide final equitable relief, any internet service provider including but not limited to any web hosting company, domain name registry, domain name registrar, ecommerce service provider, and/or video platform provider having notice of the Court's Order must (1) take any and all action necessary to remove the infringing content from websites having content controlled by Defendant, or alternatively to disable access to the website; and (2) provide notice of compliance to Future Motion's counsel within five (5) business days of receipt of notice of this Order. This includes but is not limited to the following specific examples: "Any video platform provider, including but not limited to Google LLC doing business as YouTube, must promptly upon receipt of a copy of this Order either disable public access to (i) the entire Floatwheel YouTube channel at or (ii) to all individual videos teaching viewers how to make and/or use a product that infringes Future Motion's patents, including but not limited to . . . 48 videos [listed below with titles and URLs] currently hosted at the YouTube channel The order laid out the penalty Google would face if it violated the injunction: "Pursuant to this Court's inherent powers, any person or entity failing to comply promptly with this Order, including but not limited to any domain name Registrar, e-commerce service provider, video platform service provider (including Google LLC doing business as YouTube), freight forwarding service provider, or logistics company (including but not limited to those enumerated above) shall be subject to sanctions for civil and/or criminal contempt." Google blocked U.S. users access to the 48 videos referenced in the injunction, but ultimately, the court amended its order and required Google to disable the entire channel. When Google failed to do so, Future Motion asked the court to impose sanctions. Google objected, and the court agreed with Google. Future Motion failed to overcome two hurdles in its effort to recover sanctions. First, Google was not a party to the injunction hearing. It had no opportunity to object or argue against the imposition of sanctions. For this reason, the court lacked jurisdiction to impose the order against Google. Future Motion tried to overcome this hurdle by arguing that Google, in failing to disable the channel, "aided and abetted" the infringement. But this argument failed because Future Motion didn't have the facts on its side. As the court noted: "Google merely hosted Defendant's channel as it would any other of its channels. It did not contract with Defendant, nor has Plaintiff presented any evidence that Google 'had any contact with [Defendant] after the injunction was issued.' Moreover, just because Google was 'technologically capable of removing [Defendant's videos] does not render its failure to do so aiding and abetting.' The Court finds that Google's passive involvement of hosting does not support – especially not by clear and convincing evidence – that it consciously and culpably participated in Defendant's infringing conduct." Sometimes a great theory falls apart because the facts simply don't support it. That is the lesson Future Motion learned the hard way here. Jack Greiner is a partner at Faruki PLL law firm in Cincinnati. He represents Enquirer Media in First Amendment and media issues. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Should Google block YouTube videos? | Strictly Legal
