Smart Parts Patent Will Destroy Paintball! - Read!

[Alux]

With all of this mess... Im glad the ULE trigger came out.

Non-electronic markers will be very popular if "Smart Parts"
succedes in this scheme they have.

Write and mail those letters guys....

[ForgedSpeed]

Originally posted by Alux
With all of this mess... Im glad the ULE trigger came out.

Non-electronic markers will be very popular if "Smart Parts"
succedes in this scheme they have.

Write and mail those letters guys....

Well...I would...but I am lazy...and stuff

:)

Besides, I just bought a PPS Blazer.

:cantwaitforUPSman:

[ratmonkey]

i think smart parts has a patent on me.
it looks like they have a patent on paintball as a whole by the patent office records. well except for the balls. i guess they'll not claim they invented the sport completely.

[Flamebo]

This is messed up. I haven't played in over a year, but I was thinking of picking up a used Impy or something to see if I'd like to get back into it. Scratch the Impulse I guess. This is straight off the website, but I'll make it easier for you to "express your discontent":

Product Information: [email protected]
Sponsorship Requests: [email protected]
Dealer List Updates: [email protected]
Website Support: [email protected]

Store Hours: Monday-Friday
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time
Mailing Address: PO Box 3200
Latrobe, PA 15650-5000
Shipping Address: Loyalhanna Business Complex
100 Station Street
Loyalhanna, PA 15661
Phone Number: (724) 539-2660
Fax Number: (724) 539-2298

Fax away, boys.

[ForgedSpeed]

Ah, FAX! Great idea...cheaper than sending snail mail, yet almost as effective/disruptive.

[yurchikcs]

My primary 'mag has a Smartmag valve and a Teardrop barrel... I feel like some kind of bad guy now

[Grasshopper]

Gas powered paintball guns. Patent pending!

[Skoad]

Originally posted by Grasshopper
Gas powered paintball guns. Patent pending!

make sure they have the rip cord like a lawn mower to get them started

[Skoad]

so who's whipping up the stickers?

[Surreal]

[_Spork_1]

Originally posted by Grasshopper
Gas powered paintball guns. Patent pending!

shhh you have to wait 7 years before you tell everyone you have this patent and that you're going to inforce it!


surreal- microsoft isn't a monopoly, go cry about your crappy impulse

[Grasshopper]

Originally posted by Skoad


make sure they have the rip cord like a lawn mower to get them started

Will do :)

[Animal Mother]

Originally posted by Surreal

Actually I'm using OSX 10.2.6 and Safari 1.0 web browser.

Both pieces of software based off of open source Linux. And show me the server logs that says 99% come from a windows kernal.

[typhoonlaggon]

by wicked air sportz

There are other things that would violate the patent as well, like a solenoid, a low pressure regulator, high pressure regulator, battery, etc...

they cant have a lp and high pressure reg on a patente...that means taht we cant use any reg of any kind...this patent is basically brining down paintball and making smart parts the only compony in paintball...all well have left is paint to buy which they will prolly start making soon

does sp think they can be god or become god....?

this is a real deal and i ohnestley see a judge granting the patent for no electronic switches...i mean if a juddge agreed to take it this far when they want a million dollars from componies....then how much farther could it go

[Surreal]

it was a broad statement to get people to shut the hell up. you are using linux, i see you want a cookie. that's why i said 99% and not 100%, because i knew there would be someone to come in and say what you just said lol.'

here's my stand on this whole matter:
what SP is doing is morally wrong, BUT, this is business, and business has no morals. they have a patent, they are entitled to defend it. SP isn't like the french, they aren't just going to roll over onto their side and get stepped all over. they can do whatever the hell they want to do regarding THEIR patent, and your little emails and boycott SP icons aren't going to do anything but annoy people. the fact is, you really have no say in the matter, it all comes down to what the judge thinks.

and don't compare what SP is doing to nazism, it's 2 totally different things and it's a slap in the face.