Smart Parts Patent Will Destroy Paintball! - Read!

[JT2002]

Originally posted by phatpat47
Anti smart parts

everyone click that link. someone really needs to make that a sticker . i know i would buy one in a second and stick it on my hopper. even though i honestly do like smart parts freak barrels, but this is ghey

[magnj]

Not Good

[brett]

but did they have to pay a royalty fee?

[jinxed]

Originally posted by phatpat47
thats a legit patent on an original idea. Smartparts does not have a legitimate patent. their obtaining of the patent was a mistake on the part of the US patent office.

Right-
Someone patented the powerfeed years after Tom invented it by someone else.

I'm sure Tom went, "huh???"

-Nick

[kiolia]

umm...

if there are prior patents that invalidate SP's claims, then all we have to do as a community is put all of that information together where it can be accessed by SP's targets, although they are likely doing that now, because if enough info can be put together that SP's claims can be defeated in court then the only money the companies will be out of will be court fees, and then possibly they can counter-suit. Right?

[logamus]

Originally posted by Meph


Well gee, nice way to look at it.

I could see businesses going under, people losing their jobs, and thousands upon thousands of players losing customer service of their electronic marker after their board fries and then needing to spend hundreds more since all they'll have is a paperweight.

You have to think a little bigger there logamus.

no i dont. if i belive (and im not alone here) that things were better off prior to electros why would i be upset? might some companies that have focused totally on the electro struggle to survive, cetainly, but then thats business. as far as players losing support for their markers, that would be the most unfortunate outcome and i would hate to see that happen. perhaps, should this suit win, some sort of arrangement could be made to allow companies to service guns that have already been sold.

i really dont see how sp survives if this suit wins though. the backlash would be so massive that it would be a serious uphill battle for them.

[bojo-master]

i think that smart parts is just screwing themselves, i definitly will never buy a smart parts product again. I even gave away my sp jersy to a little kid at iao

[WickedAirSportz]

Do you have any more information on the case with the FTC shutting down the patent scam? This information could be useful.

[FalconGuy016]

Why is everyone on IOG denying it?

[Black_Dragun2578]

Originally posted by FalconGuy016


Do you even know what they are trying to patent

yes i do know what they are patenting but still u guys have no right for flaming them i mean agd has alot of patents for other crap maybe nothing this big but other companies have copied off them and they should owe them something

[WickedAirSportz]

Why is everyone on IOG denying it?

I don't know, but I will fix that. :)

[Gambit1106]

Now the fact that these are US patents will WDP be affected by this due to the fact that the gun was developed and manufactured outside of the US? I am also unsure on this but since the X-Mag is made in Europe could there be a loophole there?

Darren

[DK1]

Originally posted by WickedAirSportz
Do you have any more information on the case with the FTC shutting down the patent scam? This information could be useful.

yeah, you like apples?

http://www.ftc.gov/os/1997/07/davisb~1.htm

how about them apples? :)

DK1

[DK1]

Originally posted by Gambit1106
Now the fact that these are US patents will WDP be affected by this due to the fact that the gun was developed and manufactured outside of the US? I am also unsure on this but since the X-Mag is made in Europe could there be a loophole there?

Darren

it will cover them. The US is part of a treaty with many nations that basically covers a lot of copyright and patent laws. It basically makes what applies in one country applies in the other. So, you couldn't import X-mags or Angels and sell them here in the US. That's why they can't sell the mag-clones from Austrailia here.

DK1

[jinxed]

Originally posted by WickedAirSportz
Do you have any more information on the case with the FTC shutting down the patent scam? This information could be useful.

Adam Gardner and George Davidson (of Smart Parts) ran "patent submission" scam.
If you had an invention, you would give it to them, with ALOT of money, and they would patent it, and market it. But, they only would do a half-*** job, and pocket most of the money.
Here is the text of the FTC lawsuit

I'm not sure how it helps the case though.
Sure, it shows they are dishonest, but I think it shows they are very smart lawyers manipulating the system.
So..... probobly a bad thing..

Nick