Electros, Paintball and the Gardners

[Spider-TW]

I am very curious how healthy Bob Long (inc) is. For a company that follows the SP model and pays their fees, I would like to know if they are marketing themselves enough to be successful or if they will be NEXT.

[Ruler_Mark]

anyone know the offical day that the sp nazi patent becomes public domain?

[thomas]

There is some question about the Gardner's patent covering sear tripper electros. Strangely they have not gone after Tippman or Kingman but from what I understand, they have threatened some people who make replacement boards.

They do have a license price for sear trippers that is cheaper than the others by a significant amount. WGP indirectly paid a license fee by buying the egrips from England (they were paying).

So you ask a good question, I dont have a clear answer.

AGD

Can you give us an idea of what those license fees are? Are they lump sum, per gun, both? Any light you can shed is appreciated.

[AGD]

I know what the fees are but I signed a non-dislcosure. Needless to say we were not selling enough e-guns to cover it at that time.

Tippman may very well be paying royalties, I could be out of the loop on that.

AGD

[tasker89]

I would keep my eye on Tippmann over the next 6-12 months...should be some very cool stuff coming from them.

[LK-13]

anyone know the offical day that the sp nazi patent becomes public domain?

i believe a patent can be re-newed or purchased and the dates adjusted... i think...

[Papa_Smurf]

I'm no patent lawyer, but that seems to be a very broad claim for a patent.

[questionful]

I would keep my eye on Tippmann over the next 6-12 months...should be some very cool stuff coming from them.

What do you know?