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11-16-2013, 04:37 PM | #21 | |||
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There are a couple of possibilities for China (which has never counterfeited anything, right? ) 'Pyrex' in this case (as in the case of heat-resistant glass made elsewhere) may be a genericized trademark (e.g. kodak, kleenex, xerox, zipper, aspirin, et al), and just be synonymous with borosilicate or heat-resistant glass.
Shattering pyrex To Show A Massive Weakness In Trademark Law 'Australian Pyrex' isn't PYREX® or Pyrex®; it's Australian Pyrex—not the same. Same for Crown Pyrex. I don't deny there could be confusion, but I don't know enough about the (legal) histories of the trademark & various corporate interplays to comment. That said, Australian Pyrex et al were/are to my knowledge not part of the urban myth. My point is that the urban myth regarding the Chinese owning the PYREX® or Pyrex® trademarks, PYREX® or Pyrex® being made in China and no longer made in the U.S., and the change from borosilicate glass to tempered soda-lime glass being recent and/or for profit sake—has been debunked. Those claims are not factual. Doc
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Lara (11-16-2013) |
11-18-2013, 09:55 PM | #22 | |||
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Hmmmm. Very interesting. I'm just seeing this now for the first time.
I'm in Europe... I think most of our tempered glassware is original Pyrex, but I'm going to have to check if anything new has been bought in the past few years. We don't bake much these days, and the baking dishes are certainly from the US anyay, but not so sure about the measuring cups we use to microwave things sometimes.... yikes. (There is a LOT of Chinese counterfeit stuff in circulation here!) Lara, I'm sure anything you have that's truly made by Corelle is fine. If a product does not have their seal, or if its origins are somehow suspect, then you might worry. The problem we see is with products (any sort) which bear "original" brand names which have been faked. It can be hard to tell the fakes from the imitations, and the price isn't always telling. waves |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Lara (11-19-2013) |
11-19-2013, 01:43 AM | #23 | |||
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"Thanks for this!" says: | waves (11-19-2013) |
11-19-2013, 10:52 AM | #24 | |||
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I had a pyrex baking dish explode when DH was making gravy on the stove top in one…didn't realize they can only take so much heat…never again!!
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11-19-2013, 06:38 PM | #25 | |||
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I checked our cups. They are all bear the PYREX(R) branding, and say, "Made in the USA". They also say "Safe for microwave use", and "Not for stovetop use". I don't know if the bakeware says that, but I'd assume the same rule, unless otherwise stated. In the oven, the temp goes up only gradually. waves |
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11-19-2013, 11:37 PM | #26 | |||
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They were never intended for that kind of abuse—even the old borosilicate glass. I found another site debunking this myth:
A Warning that Pyrex Glass Cookware Can Explode- Mostly Fiction! ...which includes posted instructions from the PYREX website. Quote:
I can clearly remember my mother teaching me about the proper use of pyrex bakeware from a very young age—as a matter of course with everything else she taught me about cooking, baking, etc. so it used to mystify me how so many people abused the stuff out of ignorance/assumption/misinformation, but then I learned... "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."Doc
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