dancam wrote:The purpose of this site is to share information. Thats why the rest of us are here.
Hi Dan (? See what I mean?),
The [im]poster was clearly attacking
all commercial proprietary intellectual property, and not limiting his vituperations to just Safari Garden's quite properly acquired IP. Where's the lecturing and medical prescription for that transgression, which has nothing to do with the purpose of this forum?
You can't legally violate a patent even for your own personal use - if a patent-holder fails to defend their IP from
any infringement, they risk losing the ability to control use of it. They don't really expect to win a huge settlement if they sue an individual, although they can technically attach a financial claim on everything in your name if they win in court. They may be willing to grant an affordable license to individuals, but you have to ask.
Your point about legal defense of patents is spot-on, though. In fact, getting a patent assigned is only about 10% of the total effort in the lifecycle of a patent (from initial filing to expiration), and the perceived ease of obtaining a patent rubs a lot of people the wrong way. Most folks don't realize that it takes an average of four years for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to award a patent after dozens of back-and-forth interactions (that time with the patent examiner is what the application fees cover).
Usually, within a week of being assigned a patent, at least one entity (usually a self-perceived competitor) will file a suit claiming the patent, or some of its claims, is invalid. Lawyers who do this without representing a potential competitor are patent trolls, as they usually file nuisance suits, looking for pay-off settlements to go away and shake down someone else.
I was referring to misappropriation of my own
commercial IP (which doesn't apply to the T'nTTT domain, it's for a completely different industry), not what I've plainly shared very publicly here in the forum with no claims or restrictions. That's mainly because my scribblings lack the details necessary to build a viable rolling domicile suitable for towing by sane people.
Besides, the vast majority of people here are ardent adherents of the overbuild philosophy using former tree innards. I seriously doubt anyone will be foolish enough to try to replicate what I'm doing if they don't fully understand composite materials and monocoque construction techniques (the ol' Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt - FUD - problem).
Your offered medication is therefore completely unnecessary and you can feel free to swallow your own medicine, with my compliments and best wishes!
