Smart Parts taken on;sued

[Prairie]

http://www.flagpull.com

SMART PARTS SUED

5 DISTRIBUTERS IN WISCONSIN ALSO CHARGED

NPF LIMITED, PARENT COMPANY OF WDP RESPONSIBLE FOR SUIT.

SMART PARTS IN VIOLATION OF PATENT;

CEASE AND DESIST;


http://www.flagpull.com for more info

[elpimpo]

so they are suing them because of grip frames, right?

[Skoad]

right arm!

[deadeye9]

They'll probably settle with some kind of cross licensing agreement, which won't do the rest of the paintball community any good.

[RenagadeOfFunk]

...Rage Against Smart Parts!!!...

they are sueing for...

What is claimed is:

1. A pneumatic paintball gun comprising:

means for electronically monitoring one or more parameters of the pneumatic paintball gun's operation;

a display for displaying the one or more parameters;

a timer; and

an alarm selected from the group consisting of audible devices and vibrators.

2. A pneumatic paintball gun as claimed in claim 1 wherein the one or more parameters of the pneumatic paintball gun's operation is selected from the group consisting of actual rate of fire and maximum rate of fire of the pneumatic paintball gun.

3. A pneumatic paintball gun as claimed in claim 1 wherein the means for monitoring one or more parameters of the pneumatic paintball gun's operation is selected from the group consisting of; temperature sensors, gas pressure sensors, means for detecting actual shots fired, battery charge sensors, dwell time controllers, rate of fire sensors, and combinations thereof.

4. The pneumatic paintball gun of claim 3 further comprising means for controlling the one or more parameters of the pnuematic paintball gun's operation.

5. The pneumatic paintball gun of claim 3 further comprising a microprocessor for controlling the one or more parameters of the pnuematic paintball gun's operation.

6. A pneumatic paintball gun as claimed in claim 1 including at least one input button.

7. A pneumatic paintball gun as claimed in claim 6 wherein the at least one button is located behind a plate which requires detaching to gain access to the button.

8. A pneumatic paintball gun as claimed in claim 7 wherein the plate is selected from the group consisting of anti-tamper and tamper-indicating plates.

9. A pneumatic paintball gun as claimed in claim 1 wherein the display is an LCD panel.

10. A pneumatic paintball gun comprising:

means for electronically monitoring one or more parameters of the pneumatic paintball gun's operation;

a display for displaying the one or more parameters; and

communication means for communication with an external unit.

11. A pneumatic paintball gun as claimed in claim 10 wherein the communication means is selected from the group consisting of infra-red transmitters and infra-red receivers.

Basically all electronic guns...(good thing its aimed at SP!)

[SpecialBlend2786]

What exactly is the patent for?

[Brophog]

I wondered when this was going to happen.

This is no better for the sport than when Smart Parts started their suits.

[penguinpunk555]

AWSOME!!


Pro WDP Anti-SP

[robertjuric]

It appears to be, basically, any gun that monitors, controls, and displays parameters of the gun.

Which basically covers every electronic gun.

Woohoo, all I can say is it's about damn time.

[spantol]

True. The drama will still be fun to watch, though. :)

I wondered when this was going to happen.

This is no better for the sport than when Smart Parts started their suits.

[ZapTheMad]

Nice to see SP getting a taste of thier own medicine. They asked for a fight and now they got one.

To bad for the industry that it has come to this. It only hurts the consumer in the end. All that can happen is paintball equipment gets more expensive as if it's not expensive enough.

[Chris42050]

I love it. Smart Parts gettin a taste of thier own medicine. I just hope they stop there and dont sue others.

[Ov3rmind]

I really don't know if WDP would go berserk on the industry like SP did. However, if worst came to worst, I'd rather have the market flooded with Angels than Imps/Shockers.

[ClouD]

ahahaha thats pretty cool.. SP is getting owned.. !!!

[Cobra_Clark]

our sport has gone gay