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As you must know, these lawsuits are very common in the software
business. It is one thing to file a suit, another to win. Is there a chance
Celestron is violating Meade patents with their "go-to" technology? Is it
impossible to design a "go-to" mount without violating Meade patents? If
those of you who write software had it copied by your competitors, would that
concern you? Would you try to protect your intellectual
property? Doesn't Astro-Physics sell some voice-recognition software? Is it
in the public domain? Or is this a case of "Meade big, Meade thus bad"!
Andy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 2:48
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Subject: Re: [APML] hey Tony!
In a message dated
10/23/2001 10:43:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tonyhallas@foothill.net writes:
Nope.... never heard of this... who is Meade???
You might want to take notice because their strategy
is to sue and defeat Celestron, and with that in their back pocket, they'll go
after all the smaller fish. That includes Losmandy, AP, Paramount and others
who have developed mount technology, but who cannot hope to outspend Meade to
fend off their patent. This whole episode just brings back another time when
we were threatened to be sued by Meade, and you somehow had a hand in holding
back their steamroller.
The thinking among us smaller manufacturers is
that after Meade wins the Celestron fight, they will defeat all the rest, then
settle for some kind of royalty/bribe if we want to continue to make mounts.
If that happens, then these mounts will disappear from the market, and you all
can enjoy your hobby with nice quality Meade equipment.
Roland
Christen
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