Smart Parts taken on;sued

[sellout007]

Now THAT sounds much better! The fields themsevles arent necisarilly getting sued for carrying SP merchandise. They are being brought to court to be told to stop selling it.

Makes more sense, but still a little off. But much better. o)

Also, the comment about AKA comming back into the busniess is exactly how I initially looked at this whole lawsuit.

I wouldnt be surprised if WDP says "drop all your lawsuits and make your patent public for everyone and we will call it even"



Well.... one can hope cant he? o)

[Orion33]

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

amen to that

[GT]

I was wondering when this was goinng to happen. I think this is what they called the "LCD" patent?

[nicad]

down with electros-- go mechanical!

[SanDiegoMag]

Im with nicad!!! hAir Trigger all the way!

PS im trying to make 1, but i have no clue where to put my LPR

[riooso]

Go WDP! I think that the reason that they picked a small dealer is because they knew that they did not sell much SP and it is a shot across the bow, as it were.
I think that WDP is going to use the hatred for SP to make cash. SP is being hurt by all the bashing and WDP sees that. Paintball is for the most part a game that friends play. Word of mouth in this industry is fierce!


Rio Oso

[White_Noise]

my thoughts exactly nicad....i really want one of those hAir trigers when they come out.....ill pay for a beta test one

[pb4jc]

GO hair Trigger

I too would much rather shoot the hair trigger. *cough*if they were available*cough* anyways this will be interesting to see what happens

[MaChu]

About damn time.

WDP won't go on a suing corporate rampage, they have always been part of the player oriented paintball community. WDP has always had a good reputation with the other companies and I applaud them for what they are doing. WDP, crazy brits show'em!

[Da1spaz247]

Damn, why did they choose WI fields to sue???? Thats gonna hurt business at WI fields in the end isnt it?

[White_Noise]

Da1spaz247: read above....its probably to show that they dont want sp products sold

[lamby]

Does anyone else find it a little strange that a patent issue has been brought up in a wisconsin district court? If it is a patent dispute, why is this not a federal issue? Something is not right here... I am not sure what is going on, but I think the fields are the target more than SP itself.

And if the fields are being sued only because of the fact they carry SP markers why are the other WI fields exempt? Something sounds very fishy to me.

I will ask my local field owner/sponsor, BFG paintball, If they know anything about this lawsuit. I will let ya'll know if there is not a cloak of secrecy surrounding this (which I am sure there will be)

Good Luck Stalker, Apoc, Tri-State, and Ace. I think you might need it.

[AGD]

My take on this is....... that Thordic is a pretty smart guy.

AGD

[cledford]

My take on this is that it has been in the works for a while - possibly as long as the SP suits - hence the Emags LED display. Frankly, I'm very happy to see SP get a dose of their own medicine, but hope this doesn't end up with WDP being just as bad.

The funny thing is that it looks like EVERY electro ever made is going to fall victim. Let's be for real, SP guns aren't much for a UI/Display - they only have (and only have ever had) a simple, single LED. How many electros don't have at least one of those?

-Calvin

[Lohman446]

Its not just the display though, thats an oversimplification

I see things in there about sensors - pressure sensors, shot sensors, etc. I imagine that a lot of electronic markers use these as well to regulate firing, though I have no idea if thats true or not.