Away around SP!!!

[Igotu]

OK this is what im thinking TK was talking about laying low for a while and then starting up again with a different name(for tournys) well why doesnt Tom Start up in Canada I mean theres not american patents in Canada or the Uk is there? So just start up like a partner company that sells its products in canada and we buy them from canada.

[Creative Mayhem]

Not gonna work... SP holds North American patents. Nice try

[Igotu]

Ya but what about the UK.

[jesseyo13]

it will go against the international patents Im sure they have too. Even if they dont you wont be able to sell them here anyway

[WARPED1]

Face it, there is no "way around" the lawsuits. It's here, it's staying. There is nothing anyone can do, even with money. Hey, thats democracy for ya! If everyone just wants to be able to use other peoples work for thier own guns, well, thats called communism. Go to Cuba, China, or North Korea.

[durtysoufcraka]

ummmm AGDE still sells X-mags. (thats in europe)
-durty

[Bolter]

that would be ok if TK only wanted to sell outside the US. But the main bulk of all paintball purchaseseses is the US.

[JesseB]

Yeah but there is a difference between patenting, and monopolizing.

Smart parts is ok by me because I am not in the paintball industry but I'm sure if it did more to me than make a few guns cost more then I'd be mad.

[The Action Figure]

we could always give sp a firm talking too

[Curly]

If they did that, they might be able to sell guns in the UK, but they could not sell any in the United States. This would be a waste of money.

[Lurker27]

Sorry, Nicad already figured this one out.

[Jeffy-CanCon]

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If everyone just wants to be able to use other peoples work for thier own guns, well, thats called communism. Go to Cuba, China, or North Korea.

No. That's called "patent violation". It's a problem in democratic & capitalist countries, like Taiwan, too.

[danoxide]

it will go against the international patents Im sure they have too. Even if they dont you wont be able to sell them here anyway

not true...SP doesn't hold any international patents...thats why they can't sue WDP...but i still don't think it would be worth all the money

[Curly]

not true...SP doesn't hold any international patents...thats why they can't sue WDP...but i still don't think it would be worth all the money

Are you kidding? They dont need international patents to sue a company that imports the violating product to the United States. Espcecially when said company has offices state side.

[Destructo6]

If everyone just wants to be able to use other peoples work for thier own guns, well, thats called communism.

I thought that was called "smart parts"?

Anyways, a screwed up patent system is independant of a country's economic philosophy. The US patent system was intended to benefit the consumer by rewarding innovation, if only for a time, not for lawyers to go patent farming.

http://www.around.com/patent.html