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Originally posted by MadDogMe
Who said shit about copying Cathar dude?, I only see "Cathar beat you by a month", is that not true?, why not leave the "why do peeple always , blah, blah, bitch" high~horseshit to Neomoses?, if he wants to, eh dude?...
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The statement "Cathar beat you by a month" sounds like he's implying that he copied cathars block.
Oh and we shouldnt count out your recent statement......
"I think you're being very picky Cathar, aeseticly it's the same block" sounds like you're implying the same thing, to me
Either way, It's not like he has a patent on the concept of microchannels anyway, so until he gets one, people can and will continue to "copy"his block characteristics as they see fit. What can he do about it?
As Cathar well knows, its a dog eat dog world, and when it comes to making money nobody's going to give a damn that he's a nice guy, and refrain from using his ideas(with a few exceptions of course).
Instead of pointing fingers to whoever he thinks copied his block without his permission for commercial use, he should have gotten some sort of legal protection on it so he would have a leg to stand on legally ,when someone did.
If he "thinks" that he's made some sort of groundbreaking discovery in watercooling then that is the only sensible thing to do.And if his testing and findings are documented in some way, then that wouldnt be a hard thing to do. A provisional patent application only costs $80 and it protects him for a year while he tests the market out and decides wether or not his design(s) merit the high cost of a full patent application, and whether or not its cost worthy to do so.
HE can do it himself(PPA) and its pretty easy to do. And best of all, a PPA doesnt get reviewed by a patent clerk and you get an earlier filing date for later on when and if you decide to go ahead with a full patent.And it gives him the right to claim his product as patent pending,and the ability to sell it under the same terms for a year from the date of filing, and most importantly, gives him the legal right to dispute claims of someone stealing his idea(s), and using them for a commercial benefit.
Ive done it a few times and it was well worth the 80 bucks a pop.
I dont know about you, but if I designed a "groundbreaking" waterblock, and didnt want people using the design, I surely wouldnt be telling anyone anything about it(even so called friends) or flashing pics of it in forums that are open to the public, until I made damn sure I was protected in some legal aspect against these types of problems. To do otherwise is just asking someone to steal it!