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| {{MergeRequest|duplicate|[[BMW Proprietary Screws]]}}
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| |Company=BMW
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| |ReleaseYear=2025
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| |InProduction=Yes
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| |ArticleType=Product
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| |Category=Hardware, tools
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| |Logo=BMW Proprietary Screw.png
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| |Website=bmw.com
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| |Description=BMW has submitted a patent for a screw that has a proprietary head which can only be tightened and loosened using their head
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| }}In late 2025, [[BMW]] had its [https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=DE469242297 patent published] for a new kind of screw that removed the possibility to the end user to tighten or loosen it.{{IncidentCargo
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| |Company=BMW
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| |StartDate=2024-06-07
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| |Status=Pending Resolution
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| |ArticleType=Product
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| |Type=Anti-consumer Behaviorv
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| |Description=BMW has submitted a patent for a screw that has a proprietary head which can only be tightened and loosened using their head
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| ==Background==
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| ==Introduction of proprietary screw==
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| The incident was first reported on by CarBuzz on December 17th 2025<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Evan |date=2025-12-17 |title=BMW Patents Proprietary Screws That Only Dealerships Can Remove |url=https://carbuzz.com/bmw-roundel-logo-screw-patent/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260317153952/https://carbuzz.com/bmw-roundel-logo-screw-patent/ |archive-date=2026-03-17 |access-date=2026-03-17 |website=CarBuzz}}</ref> . Two days later the rest of the media followed suit.
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| ==Consumer response==
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| A writer on an iFixit blog post noted, "At first glance, it’s almost cute: a screw head shaped exactly like the BMW logo. But the novelty wears off the moment you consider the physics. [...] Broken bits, stripped screws, and more time spent on what would otherwise be a simple task."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mokhtari |first=Shahram |date=2026-02-04 |title=BMW’s Newest “Innovation” is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair |url=https://www.ifixit.com/News/115528/bmws-newest-innovation-is-a-logo-shaped-middle-finger-to-right-to-repair |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260218131847/https://www.ifixit.com/News/115528/bmws-newest-innovation-is-a-logo-shaped-middle-finger-to-right-to-repair |archive-date=2026-02-18 |access-date=2026-03-17 |website=iFixit}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| *[[BMW]]
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| *[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]
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| *[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]
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| *[[BMW's high beam assistant (HBA)]]
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| ==References==
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