If the unit is properly described, U.S. Customs will hopefully take custody at the border and the purchaser will never see the illegal knock off. This is as it should be. Then again, maybe the Chinese company will describe the shipment as "powdered baby milk" and it will get through.
If one wants a two-wheeled, self-balancing conveyance, Segway is your only legal option in the U.S. If one wants a two-wheeled, self-balancing conveyance for cheap, because those pesky patent and import laws are for others, then move to a country which has no legitimate legal system and pay bribes. We need no more scofflaws in the U.S., we're already stocked up.
In my humble opinion, anyone who knowingly purchases illegal knock-offs from foreign companies, violating U.S. patents and harming U.S. companies and the U.S. economy deserves the fine/jail time.
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