[sdiy] Patents

[Paul Perry]

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From: "nN AAt e e" > i wrote back in the summer?] you can't really patent
any traditional analog
> type devices nowadays...

People can (and do) patent analog circuitry ideas every day.
Whether there are any analog synth-diy type concepts that it
would be commercially worth while to publish, is another matter.
Roland's lawyers thought it worthwhile to send a stack of papers to
me under the impression that my optical theremin infringed their
D-beam. Thanks to good people on this list, I was able to show that
the technology i was using is 30 + years old.

> this thread reminded me of the whole gibson vs buchla/lynx story...
> http://stephengoldin.com/gibson/index.html
>
...yeah, as Don Lancaster says, all a patent is, is a ticket entitling your
lawyer
to fight with other lawyers.
Personally, I've only met one guy who got rich thru a patent. But I've met a
LOT of
inventors!

paul perry Melbourne Australia