[simpits-tech] collimated display progress...

[Rick Davis]

Also,

One of the key features of a patent's success, is that " it must be an 
improvement in technology or a process, which would not be common knowledge 
by those in that particular field." So ... you have to be able to "awe" your 
peers. In any case, I have to re-iterate. No one at Rockwell is going to 
come swooping down on you with a law suit, because you copied their design 
to build a simulator. They may actually be impressed.

Start building aircraft and trying to sell them to Abu Dhabi? Different 
movie.

R



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Davis" <rd at ns.sympatico.ca>
To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] collimated display progress...


>> > We still haven't contacted SEOS/Rockwell-Collins to find out if they'll
>> grant hobbyists a free license for the features their patents cover.  If
>> they don't want to grant a free license, then no plans will be made
>> available, sorry!
>
> Guys. I've had patents, and I have patents. Canada, USA and International.
> Don't worry about these things. A patent is only valuable for protection
> against someone stealing your idea (plans) for commercial gain. I can
> reverse engineer as many Blackberries as I like in my basement, as long as 
> I
> am not trying to sell them.
>
> And oddly, all patent details are kept under wrap, untill they are 
> approved.
> Then everyone has access to all the very fine details of it all. Use them,
> play with them, improve them as you will, just don't go about selling the
> technology unless you are certain you have improved it by at least 25%.
> Them's the rules.
>
> Anyway, just thought I'd chime in on the patent thing. Don't worry about 
> it.
> At all.
>
> R
>
>
>
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