Any Idea on the table leveling system for this antique
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Do you know how long a patent is good for, and that they all have expiration dates?
He doesn't know what he had for breakfast.
I wonder what's going on with the Harrimajustnum institution?? I have not heard news lately. I didnt want to search for the thread, the whole thread makes me just numb.
Comfortably numb??I wonder what's going on with the Harrimajustnum institution?? I have not heard news lately. I didnt want to search for the thread, the whole thread makes me just numb.
It would not be a patent.
Since the 1970's, a design copyright lasts the author's life + 70 years.
Before that, i believe they could be renewed indefinitely, say if the work was important enough that "someone" usually with a cabal of lawyers was making an income stream off of it. OTOH, i don't think designs were copyrighted before the 20c ?
So technically, the _EXACT_ design might or might not still be something someone could litigate over. If they and you were really, really dumb and already rich. The dumb part for you would be in not changing a couple materials or a bolt dimension or something like that. Also, you can copy stuff, even patented stuff, for your own use. & probably for a few friends. You just can't set up a business and start selling to the public.
All of that stuff is about "follow the money" if there's no money to be made, "most" people are not stupid enough to litigate.
Not a lawyer, have slept behind holiday inn, have had one of my copyrights infringed on a technicality by someone else making money off of it....
smt
Since the 1970's, a design copyright lasts the author's life + 70 years.
Before that, i believe they could be renewed indefinitely, say if the work was important enough that "someone" usually with a cabal of lawyers was making an income stream off of it. OTOH, i don't think designs were copyrighted before the 20c ?
So technically, the _EXACT_ design might or might not still be something someone could litigate over. If they and you were really, really dumb and already rich. The dumb part for you would be in not changing a couple materials or a bolt dimension or something like that. Also, you can copy stuff, even patented stuff, for your own use. & probably for a few friends. You just can't set up a business and start selling to the public.
All of that stuff is about "follow the money" if there's no money to be made, "most" people are not stupid enough to litigate.
Not a lawyer, have slept behind holiday inn, have had one of my copyrights infringed on a technicality by someone else making money off of it....
smt