http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2005/06/27/perpetual-motorcycles/ Motorcycle News for Positive People Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:51:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2005/06/27/perpetual-motorcycles/#comment-3157 Travis Truman Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:38:10 +0000 /?p=382#comment-3157 Interesting point. However, I'm not sure whether the lawyers will be jumping all over this one or not. I believe that engineering patents don't have anywhere near the lifespan that copyrighted textual, audio and video content do. Also, keep in mind that every country controls or ignores global patents as they so choose, so as is often the case, a country where intellectual property laws are particularly liberal or non-existent will produce something that would be a huge legal liability within the US. Interesting point. However, I’m not sure whether the lawyers will be jumping all over this one or not. I believe that engineering patents don’t have anywhere near the lifespan that copyrighted textual, audio and video content do. Also, keep in mind that every country controls or ignores global patents as they so choose, so as is often the case, a country where intellectual property laws are particularly liberal or non-existent will produce something that would be a huge legal liability within the US.

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