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Re: Off Topic, but amusing ; )
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 10 Apr 2000 21:08:32 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mike Poindexter writes:
> By that rationale, you could make monorail track and they wouldn't care. I
> would bet that the legal papers would come FEDEX if you tried, though.
Actually, they have no claim to the monorail track design. If you wanted to
build it, it would not be something they could claim design rights, since it is
a swiss invention of the last century, and the 'stud' design, for the ends to
be compatable is now free market. They could complain if you used the same
lengths, or if you demonstratablely used one of their track pieces to make your
molds directly from, but the basic idea, even the gear tooth spacing, they have
no way to prevent you from using it. There is nothing _new_ about it which
makes it patentable, just old ideas reused.
(IANAL)
James Powell
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| Are you selling these yet, James? I'll take a few... Randy :) -- Randy Anchikoski bigguy@teradesigns.tzo.com "James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FstK28.4Ht@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) to (...) it is (...) to (...) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| By that rationale, you could make monorail track and they wouldn't care. I would bet that the legal papers would come FEDEX if you tried, though. A trademark that isn't planned to be used again is still something that is an option and people like to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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