This is like saying every aftermarket car part company pays Toyota royalties when coming out with a different body kit (laughs). That just doesn't happen!
All this is comes down to a drilled and screened metal piece with holes per my touch and feel layout. If Scott Stites provides permission to use his name it could be the S3 for Scott Stites Sequencer and drop the KLEE name altogether.
Why does feel like getting milk money lifted by a bully (oh memories)?
Thomas
Scott Stites wrote:
> Please understand that this is not my decision. Any issue of trademarks, royalties, etc., does not involve me. I did design the Klee, but donated the design and all rights thereof to electro-music as a fund raiser for electro-music. com to cover operating and show expenses. Scott contacted me to review the panel, which I did, but to be honest, the issue of royalties never even broached my feeble brain. I just didn't anticipate that as being an issue, and feel - wish, if you will - in retrospect, I would have mentioned it to Scott.
> I've never made a dime, nor ever intended to make a dime, off of this design. I do think the electro-music forum is a good cause, but I have absolutely no financial stake in it, one way or the other.
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Paul Lord < plord@there. org >
>>Sent: Apr 6, 2009 7:28 PM
>>To: ModularSynthPanels@ yahoogroups. com
>>Subject: Re: [ModularSynthPanels ] Re: Klee panel E-M royalty
>>
>>One correction to the analysis from Bill
>>
>>On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:22 PM, wjhall11 < wjhall@.... com > wrote:
>>> There is a possible exception to do with the trademark of the term "KLEE"
>>> but trademark is a whole other can of worms and would require Mr. Stites to
>>> register the term, or so I understand.
>>
>>Proof of prior commercial use (that's the "trade" part) is usually
>>sufficient for a trademark claim. Registration provides additional
>>protections. It is exactly analogous to copyrights, which exist upon
>>creation of the work but which have much smaller teeth until
>>registered.
>>
>>Paul
>>--
>>who is also going to buy one however this works out and whatever it costs...
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