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Quoted from tracelifter:You can't patent things like gears, bolts or a bend in materials you can however copyright the name.
If you are a real hobbyist you can make a jig up and bend them yourself.
I make my own and didn't market them because it is a cheeky thing to do.
No, I don't shop at Walmart and I don't sell my Shine Suppressors.
http://www.parts-express.com/abs-textured-plastic-sheet-1-16-thick-x-12-x-24--265-940
Makes two.
How do you bend it?
Quoted from Dmod:ColorDMD is somewhat unique in its complexity. The implementation and ongoing support is hard to copy and requires quite a bit of upfront expense even for an imitator.
Patents are limited in their protection and only effective with deep pockets. Support and protection for new ideas and products really needs to come from the community. Like many others, I have some cool ideas for pinball that I've opted not to develop just because they would be too easy to copy.
Cool ideas that you wont release because they are too easy to copy so nobody gets them? This seems a little silly to me. I realize you are a business, but to hold back an idea because it won't make you any money is foolish. Rather than give away a non money making idea to better the hobby you are gonna say it won't make you enough money so nobody can have it?
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