SP Irony

[DeeEight]

Originally posted by TeamNausea
O_o please inform me I don't really follow..... Im not sure if you know but this is all about how SP had it(the concept which led to the patent) first. In no way do I agree with it but I mean I dont see copies of them...

if by concept, you mean electronic paintball guns, then you're wrong. They didn't have itr first at all. They were off the mark by several years. This is well documented. But since the US patent office is underfunded and consequently staffed by morons, you can basically get a patent for anything, even if it already exists (I know someone who snuck patents by the examiners for "fire" and "the wheel").

[Gabriel]

Originally posted by tjmpaintball06
...Not one that will take 3 years...

'Fast, good, cheap. You can pick two. Don't pick fast.'

-Tom Kaye

^^^an original Tom Kaye quote. There is truth in the wisdom of the TK. (woooooooo)

Gabe

[tjmpaintball06]

chuff chuff

[edweird]

what I find funny is the fact Smart Parts patents everything they think they get their paws on...

note I didnt say they design... IIRC they have yet to sell anything the company has internally innovated themselves.

therefore /lack of respect IRL

[O_o]

Shocker - they bought off of PVI
Impulse - They copied the bushmaster
03 Shocker - Copied the matrix
Freak Barrel - Copied off OTB I believe

[Evil1]

Actually, the 03 shocker is a little like a matrix, but lighter and possibly faster . But I was under the impression that the guy who actually designed the 03 shocker didn't even work for SP at the time he designed it and was going to market it independently, but along came SP and bought the rights to it and patented it.