Question Again a 4+2 headstock ... Copyright infringement ?

[LawDaddy]

thank you Tim!

Thank you for all you do, BP. I grew up in a family factory-based business, my Dad is a serial inventor (that's why I became a patent attorney), and I appreciate all your efforts.

 

[paranoid70]

Your dad invented Cereal? Is your last name Kellog?

Just kidding.... I need to go to bed now.

 

[Craiguitar]

Wow! interesting thread. So it looks like freedom of speech does come at a price Basically we can still all say what the hell we like, but be warned... be careful what the hell we say, for the pen is mightier than the sword.

 

[walleye]

So if a company keeps letting infringements slide and then one day decides they want to take action, the courts may tell them that too much time has passed and too many other people our doing it for them to now try to claim infringement.

if theres any truth in that thats unbelievable, that just shouldnt be.

 

[e.mate]

Law just doesn't rock

(however, I understand the need to protect what you have achieved, so no need to jump on me )

 

[koogie2k]

Wow! interesting thread. So it looks like freedom of speech does come at a price Basically we can still all say what the hell we like, but be warned... be careful what the hell we say, for the pen is mightier than the sword.

It always comes with a price. Simply can't run your mouth under the "Freedom of Speech" flag thinking you are not held responsible for your actions. Simple as that.

Thanks for the insight Tim.

 

[GWDavis28]

Hey guys, I am an intellectual property lawyer, a registered patent attorney to be exact. I am not associated with EBMM in any way so I will not opine on the issues raised here.

However, I have seen comments from threads like this used in legal proceedings before. I have had to deal with comment threads in patent cases, so I feel compelled to make one small point.

The comments here by EBMM's customers here could be found relevant in a trade mark/trade dress proceeding, and a seemingly harmless bit of speculation by a forum member regarding what a particular poster deemed protectable/not protectable/silly etc. could come back to haunt EBMM at some point, and cost BP lots of $$$ to have his attorneys explain it in court someday.

Accordingly, I would encourage forum members to refrain from random lay speculation on legal matters, and leave the enforcement efforts to EBMM's esteemed counsel.

Hope this helps,

-Tim

Wow, Tim very well put.

Thanx for the insight. Glenn |B)

 

[jamminjim]

So if a company keeps letting infringements slide and then one day decides they want to take action, the courts may tell them that too much time has passed and too many other people our doing it for them to now try to claim infringement.

Sounds just like "adverse possession" to me.

 

[Big Poppa]

guys really you don t have a dog in this fight. opinions are fine. Freedom of speech is an interesting topic that porbably should be discussed elsewhere...hehehe The freedom of speech always comes up when someone says something offensive or inflamatory on the forum and gets smacked back and raises the freedom of speech flag...forgetting that the slap back was also freedom of speech!

 

[e.mate]

guys really you don t have a dog in this fight. opinions are fine. Freedom of speech is an interesting topic that porbably should be discussed elsewhere...hehehe The freedom of speech always comes up when someone says something offensive or inflamatory on the forum and gets smacked back and raises the freedom of speech flag...forgetting that the slap back was also freedom of speech!

+1 ...and so true!