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    Default is it true !?!?!

    i resently heard a rumor that the v1s patent for thier arrows is going to end soon.. did anyone else hear this??

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    i doubt it because mike v can always re-apply for the patent.

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    Default Re: is it true !?!?!

    Quote Originally Posted by inmahyt
    i resently heard a rumor that the v1s patent for thier arrows is going to end soon.. did anyone else hear this??
    People have wondered about this in a few threads....

    I'm no patent attorney, but:

    According to Wikipedia, for patents that were in force by June 8, 1995, the patent term is either 17 years from the issue date or 20 years from the earliest claimed filing date, the longer term applying.

    I believe V1's earliest "directional origin" patent (5083129) was filed February 25, 1991, and granted January 21, 1992. This would mean that this patent would expire on February 25, 2011 since the longer term applies.

    So you have about 5 years yet...

    Jim

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimbonzzz
    I'm no patent attorney, but:
    He did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night :P
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    In Memory of Stealth Stalker
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blown Z
    Quote Originally Posted by jimbonzzz
    I'm no patent attorney, but:
    He did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night :P
    is that why jim is so smart? how many stays you got under your belt jim? any free nights? platinum member yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by againstme!
    i doubt it because mike v can always re-apply for the patent.
    Actually, I don't believe this is true. He can't apply for the exact same patent. He might try some engineering/legal maneuvering, but that's not a lock and could/would be fought by competitors.

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    A patent success story
    Today I am truly proud of the patent system. The block-buster drug Zocor (simvastatin) has transitioned off-patent and into the world of generics. Unlike other areas of IP law, patents really are valid only for “limited Times” and when those years have passed the property right evaporates — leaving the inventions “free as the air to common use.” (In the words of Justice Brandeis).

    ref. : http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2006/06/index.html

    Free the Arrows

    What about cardinal dots ?

    Is a patent protects the process or the general idea or the means ?

    One thing is sure = you need a lot $ to protect a patent.

    I built my-self a miniature heater to avoid frost in my home windows during winter time , it avoided to change my windows , cost few dollars to run/make , lasts for years , too bad cant applied this idea to the rd world... :wink:

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    The makers of Zocor have just been given the green light by the FDA to sell it's product in generic form. I take Zocor.

 

 

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