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07-02-2008, 07:36 PM
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WOW!! That is really interesting. It's funny, it only takes a 5% change in a design for it to be considered a "different" hull design. That's why we get so many look-a-likes such as Grady White and Sea Hunt, Boston Whaler and Edgewater, and so forth. Very interesting, and welcome to the site Dr. B.
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07-03-2008, 07:35 AM
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I am not a patent lawyer, but my understanding is that patents only give the holder of the patent the exclusive right to the patented "thing" for 17 years. So, if the Hunt patent was obtained in 1969, it would have expired in 1986, and then anyone could copy the design, even exactly.
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07-03-2008, 08:01 AM
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Nice work Nipper....I think that a patent can be renewed each time it is going to expire, I wonder if they did.....we could start making them again ourselves!!!!!!!
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07-09-2008, 05:29 AM
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Real long trip for you
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