why don't they just appeal the sp patents?

[painTech]

Why doesn't somebody just take sp to court for having stupid made up patents?

[Mindflux]

Re: why don't they just appeal the sp patents?

Originally posted by painTech
Why doesn't somebody just take sp to court for having stupid made up patents?

Because SP has more money, thus can drag out the court dates.. thus causing smaller companies with less money to have to settle rather than go bankrupt TRYING to get SP into court.

[painTech]

when sp gets to kingman or brass eagle they will get owned 3 times over

[ghideon]

What has the world come to when we're rooting for BE and Kingman?

[WenULiVeUdiE]

The world has come to a point where we now realize how good of a company BE and Kingman are. With all there money they could appeal so manytimes they would shut down SP and they would still be doing fine. They are huge companies that produce low end guns and get large profits back, and that is a good thing.

[teufelhunden]

That's assuming we know all the facts, which we probably don't. The Gardners were patent lawyers before they were paintballers, so they know the system, meaning they've gotta have some ammo somewhere, because they know that'd they'd end up in court on this somteims..

[Butterfingers]

There are better patent lawyers out there im sure.

All it takes is a bit of $$$ to take SP down.

They know this thats why they are striking the little guys first.

[Cryer]

I'm almost willing to bet they wount touch kingman and BE. I'm hoping they do, and I'm hoping that Kingman and BE are smart enough to know how to defend themselves.

[FreakBaller12]

I thought they had to enforce it on EVERYONE. Not just being selective. Correct me if i'm wrong please.

[shartley]

Originally posted by toyotaboy12
I thought they had to enforce it on EVERYONE. Not just being selective. Correct me if i'm wrong please.

[Major Jam]

The big companies with deep pockets will just pay the licensing fee and royalty per gun. It costs less than a court case, doesn't interrupt production cycles, it's legal and they continue to sell product. Then they pass the cost onto the consumer.

Brass Eagle is (or was) a publicly traded company, they have the bottom line to consider. They could care less about paintball ideals. The SP patent is just another cost item on the balance sheet.

[shartley]

Originally posted by Major Jam
The big companies with deep pockets will just pay the licensing fee and royalty per gun. It costs less than a court case, doesn't interrupt production cycles, it's legal and they continue to sell product. Then they pass the cost onto the consumer.

Brass Eagle is (or was) a publicly traded company, they have the bottom line to consider. They could care less about paintball ideals. The SP patent is just another cost item on the balance sheet.