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Re: expansion ports
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 23 Jan 1999 13:46:41 GMT
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On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 00:31:03 GMT, "Michael Gasperi"
<gasperi@alynk.com> wrote:
> Your examples are irrelevant because they probably don't still have active
> patents on the pieces and may or may not have ever had patents on all of
> them. What I was talking about (and what the majority of the thread was
I can make the same case about something they _do_ have a patent on...
say, the 12-tooth bevel gear, is pretty new. Does that come with a
patent?
> about) was the LEGO patent on the 9V connector. For that they have an
> active patent. They didn't get it just to show off and waste a lot of
> money. They got it so that other people could not copy it or use it without
> their permission. See:
> http://patent.womplex.ibm.com/cgi-bin/viewpat.cmd/US05848503__
Yeah, yeah, I know. Like I said and you so conveniently deleted...
Devil's advocate.
Jasper
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| Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36a90add.169456990@...et.com>... (...) Your examples are irrelevant because they probably don't still have active patents on the pieces and may or may not have ever had patents on all of them. What I was talking (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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