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Motion Sim Patents

Discussion in 'Off Topic - All other stuff here' started by noorbeast, Jul 27, 2014.

  1. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    I was poking about regarding designs and came across this patent, with others listed at the bottom...you can just see the future potential for patent trolls as immersive simulation develops: http://www.google.com/patents/US20110177873
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    yep, I think its a 5 or 10% change and the original designer cannot touch you. I could be wrong.
    The DIY guys base their builds off commercial units designs anyway.
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    I agree bsft, it was the commercial guys I had in mind that the trolls would go after. The Oculus Rift is now a target after the Facebook buyout. Trolls will be trolls wherever there is a chance to make a buck off someone else who has been successful! It could well be the hobbyists who save the commercial guys though, as there is the 'prior art' evidence defense of the design predating the patent.
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    commercial guys constantly dig through forums like this for ideas and designs.
    Dont be surprised if you see anything vaguely familiar to a particular persons build.
    DIY is your own creation, you built it for you. So what if someone produces a variation from it, unless you had planned to sell your design, its still yours and more than likely will rival the commercial product anyway.
    Mine do.
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    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Yes I have been impressed by the videos of your many different rigs bsft, they do indeed rival the commercial products.
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    It actually has nothing to do with a percentage of change whatsoever. If a person can come up with their own "unique" way of doing something someone else has already done, then they can get a patent for it. If its just an improvement to an existing patented design, then they can get a patent for the improvement. But that doesn't give them the right to make the patented item too, just the improvement for it.
    When you look at a patent, most of the information in it has nothing to do with what is actually being patented. The only relevant part in a patent is the claims section where you claim what is "unique" about your design or product.
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    BlazinH, Jul 29, 2014
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    as said, I COULD be wrong.
    Obviously I was :)
    bsft, Jul 29, 2014
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