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Are UUID's legally protected from spoofing?

Greg Stewart
Intellectual 405 points

Are customer created 128 UUIDs protected legally? For example, if we wanted to create a feature and limit it to only those devices that connect to our device and have our "super sauce" UUID,in their GATT table,  is that enough legal protection? I know hackers would be able to get around this, but looking more for high volume clone prevention.

Are there other options to consider, such as just a characteristics that reads "Copyright Super Sauce..". or perhaps a certificate based system?

Thanks,

-Greg

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    TI__Genius 17975 points

    Welcome to the forum Greg :)

    I don't know unfortunately and this is probably more of a question for BT SIG. From a BT core spec standpoint any device can use any 128-bit UUID, though if you use a purchased 16-bit UUID or 32-bit UUID (I'm not sure whether BT-SIG has created a purchase program for 32-bit UUIDs yet, but I imagine they will at some point) and someone were to clone it then they would be violating BT SIG rules/specs, which has legal implications to it.

  • 0 in reply to Willis1
    Intellectual 405 points

    Thanks Mr. Willis  :)