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Re: Off Topic, but amusing ; )
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 16 Apr 2000 20:42:52 GMT
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Are you selling these yet, James? I'll take a few...
Randy :)
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Randy Anchikoski
bigguy@teradesigns.tzo.com
"James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message
news:FstK28.4Ht@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Mike Poindexter writes:
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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.
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> 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)
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> James Powell
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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