The way I see it - they tend to patent everything, no matter if it was already on the market or not.
And not just DW....
Profiteers...
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| Author: | Gregory [ Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:05 am ] |
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... all by themselves? http://www.google.com/patents/US8193435 ... &q&f=false |
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| Author: | cliff [ Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: DID THEY THINK THIS UP... |
Looks remarkably similar to the Joe Thompson patent for the Rogers Dynasonic. I think that was filed in 1963. |
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| Author: | Gregory [ Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: DID THEY THINK THIS UP... |
Nope. Wrong lugs. |
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| Author: | Goki [ Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: DID THEY THINK THIS UP... |
The way I see it - they tend to patent everything, no matter if it was already on the market or not. And not just DW.... Profiteers...
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| Author: | Gregory [ Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: DID THEY THINK THIS UP... |
Goki wrote: The way I see it - they tend to patent everything, no matter if it was already on the market or not. And not just DW.... Profiteers... Hey, Goki. That raises a question: if there is a great idea out there, the patent and the manufacture of which has run out, and you think that functionally and economically it makes sense to re-release it, what should you do? |
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| Author: | Kelly [ Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: DID THEY THINK THIS UP... |
(insert Jeopardy music here) |
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| Author: | Goki [ Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: DID THEY THINK THIS UP... |
To me - it's totally non ethical... Back here, it's awful... Baklava is a turkish desert. Greece claims she owns the patent. Ajvar is a macedonian recipe. Slovenia patented it, because she was in the EU. Bulgaria tends to patent cheese (kaskaval) as it's own, and all the Balkan countries are making it... Just because it isn't patented, and it's out there - it certainly doesn't mean that You should patent it. It WAS NOT Your invention in the first place... |
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| Author: | Gregory [ Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: DID THEY THINK THIS UP... |
It costs a fair chunk of change to tee up a patent, so I have to assume that there is significant change in the design from the original. If there is not, and someone wants to spend the time and money to challenge, wouldn't be much DW could do about it. |
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