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Spiral fluting is NOT allowed by barrel manufacturers
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<blockquote data-quote="ATH" data-source="post: 317139" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>JE is correct. China/India do not observe patent laws, you can have anything made you want there. Importing and selling into the US, though, is another story.</p><p></p><p>Looks like a weak patent to me, without any proof that the spirals actually do anything novel. The thing you need to understand about patents is that you can FILE a patent on almost anything -- the gov't gives it a cursory look, but does NOT test any claims for validity.</p><p></p><p>The strength of a patent is not vetted unless it goes to court. Therefore, any other manufacturer could decide that the claims in the patent are bunk, and start manufacturing/selling them. The patent holder would then be within their rights to sue. In court, however, they will have to PROVE the claims in their patent. If they do not, the patent will be VOIDED.</p><p></p><p>The caveat here is that the person/company challenging the patent has to feel it is worth their time/money to fight it in court. My guess is that the market for spiraled fluting is pretty small, so even a weak unfounded patent will stand due to the financial disincentive to challenge it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATH, post: 317139, member: 1656"] JE is correct. China/India do not observe patent laws, you can have anything made you want there. Importing and selling into the US, though, is another story. Looks like a weak patent to me, without any proof that the spirals actually do anything novel. The thing you need to understand about patents is that you can FILE a patent on almost anything -- the gov't gives it a cursory look, but does NOT test any claims for validity. The strength of a patent is not vetted unless it goes to court. Therefore, any other manufacturer could decide that the claims in the patent are bunk, and start manufacturing/selling them. The patent holder would then be within their rights to sue. In court, however, they will have to PROVE the claims in their patent. If they do not, the patent will be VOIDED. The caveat here is that the person/company challenging the patent has to feel it is worth their time/money to fight it in court. My guess is that the market for spiraled fluting is pretty small, so even a weak unfounded patent will stand due to the financial disincentive to challenge it. [/QUOTE]
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