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Originally posted by 8-Ball
You are being an @$$.
1. How much would you feasibly earn selling these.
2. How much would a patent cost, roughly £2000 in the UK, and that only prevents the sale of the patented goods in the UK.
You would need to have a patent in each of the countries you planned to market in and be prepared to have people copy and sell it in other countries.
Patents are only worth while if you can afford to maintain them, and more iportantly, defend them. This costs big money.
This is a small community where people regularly share ideas to improve watercooling for everyone. It is often ruined by people like yourself who would see fit to make gains at the expense of others.
8-ball
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WTF? I never said I was going to be the one making a cathar clone .
All I said was that people ripping his ideas and trying to make some $$ off of it was to be expected.
And I agree with the fact that cATHAR SHOULD BE GIVEN CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.He did all the work.why the h&ll not!
And I never once said that it wouldnt be expensive to get a patent and keep it up. All I was talking about was a patent pending application....Which is all I would get considering that...
1)it will hardly sell enough to warrent a full patent
a)if you did, the PPA would give you a much earlier filing time though.
2)in a years time, your design would probably be obsolete anyway, and would not be worth wasting good money on a formal patent.
Everyone's jumping all in my $hit, like Im the one out to get Cathar.
Ive been working on a design too for a few years that Cathars is very simular to......Do I get in public forums and piss and moan because he's making a few bucks with said simular design?
No.
Why?? Because microchannels are nothing new, and I dont own a patent on the concept.
Besides, hes a very nice guy, from what little I know of him,and hes done nothing to me to merit any flaming, ect.
And again, I have the utmost respect for Cathar and his contribution to watercooling PC's.
I do not appreciate being ridiculed for pointing out the obvious.
Why dont you save it for someone who deserves it.
And I didnt have an hour to type all the basics of patent law.
But I do have a good grasp on it all considering my brother is a practicing patent attorney.
Well, enough of this. In the future I will try not to lend a helping hand and point out what should be clear to the simple mind.
@ wizzard...
i apologize for stepping all over your thread.