dazza5172 wrote:Having read through a lot of threads on this it seems a little confusing and contradictory.
Who is going to give me the straight facts on original inflatable bow, designer and manufacturer
there was also a link to the original patent licensees and I can't seem to find it??
thanks guys
Dazza
Down with patents, copyrights and the like intellectual property! They are a lure, a fraud. They do not reward the creators (who can possibly claim being the sole originator of an idea?) , but the quickest to the patent office and the patent lawyers.
Intellectual property, as a monopoly, goes against the principle of free enterprise and competition rewarding the most efficient companies.
Kites and kiting would have emerged regardless of the Legaignoux brothers, perhaps even with more vigour. Just as an example amongst hundreds to illustrate the point: the Wright Brothers patented their plane (which by-the-way was not their invention, as usually is). Came First World War, the US Air Force (was it called such then?) had to buy the far more advanced European made airplanes which did not suffer from the patent restrictions preventing free competition. In order to get the aviation industry going, the patents were thrown to the dustbin.
This forum is about flaming, isn't it?
Cheers to all who are into kiting for the passion,
Alex
related to IP links:
http://www.logosfoundation.org/copyleft ... h.html#top
http://www.dklevine.com/general/intelle ... nstnew.htm
http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/publica ... peech.html