so what they are saying is, they use s-10 parts in their traction bars?
I'm thinking if you are not trying to sell an item, there wouldn't be any
violation. Lets say i made a tonneau cover out of plywood and marine grade
vinyl, would a tonneau company be violated? I don't think so.
Everyone with homebuilt intakes look out, they may resemble K&N's, hehe.
t0m
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon <jon@twistedbits.net>
To: Dakota Mailing List <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Thursday, August 03, 2000 1:32 PM
Subject: DML: DML and Patent violation problem
:
:
:
: I thought I would post this here to see if there is anyone on the
:list with any experience in this realm, so I can figure out what to
:do. What do you folks think?
:
: The short story is:
:
: I got a message from this guy saying Rob Cobb's homemade traction
:bars on the web site are in violation of their patent. I did a search
:on www.uspto.gov but couldn't find their patent. I wrote back and
:they said it was pending. (See the text included below for the full
:correspondence.)
:
: The page in question is:
:
: http://dakota-truck.net/upgrades/TBARS/tbars.html
:
: I am not sure of the exact date, but I do know that it has been
:on-line since March of 1997 at the latest. According to them,
:Rob's traction bars are "an exact replica". If they are just getting
:their patent now, do they have a case? Does anyone have any
:suggestions?
:
: Thanks very much in advance!!
:
:
: -Jon-
:
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:> > >Jon,
:> > >We would like to notify you that the traction bars illustrated
:> > > in the page that we have fowarded, are an exact replica of
:> > >our traction bars. We would like to inform you that you and
:> > >the author are infringing on our patent rights.
:> > >Please remove this item from
:> > >your page immediatly. This is just a friendly notice, as you
:> > >were probably unaware of this. We consistantly check different
:> > >pages to ensure that none of our exclusive products are being
:> > > duplicated in any way.
:> > >
:> > >If you have any questions please e mail or call 909 825 2818.
:> > >Thank you,
:> > >Julio Monroy
:> > >Trail Sport Unlimited, Inc.
:> >
:> > Julio,
:> >
:> > Thanks for writing. You are correct, I was unaware that there were
any
:> > patent claims for that traction bar design. However, I have been
unable to
:> > find any patents filed by yourself or Trail Sport Unlimited. (I am
:> > assuming it was filed under a different name.) Could you please write
back
:> > to me with the patent number to assist me in locating it? Thanks very
much!
:> >
:>
:> Jon,
:> Thanks for your e mail. As of today, the patent is pending. It will
be
:> issued any day and at that time our company plans on
:> enforcing it to it's full extent. This means that both you and Rob will
be held
:> liable for any damages. Just for verification do a search (you probably
already
:> have) under traction bars or Trail Sport and you will see that this
corporation
:> owns the product Rob copied.
:>
:> Thank you for your time,
:> Julio Monroy
:> Trail Sport Unlimited, Inc.
:
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