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Ask Fisher Price
You might ask Fisher Price, shaking toys that rattle in response to actions is an old field of research.

Maybe I don't understand patents, but my understanding is this:

1) You invent something
2) You're supposed to make and sell your invention
3) Making and selling things is what's good for world trade, keeps people employed, creates markets etc.
4) When 1. costs more than you can make from 2., patents were invented to create a monopoly.
5) Except for 4) monopolies are bad for business and reduce trade.

To me the patent debate has been hijacked as a free-trade issue when its the exact opposite. Ten minute scribbles on the back of a napkin can lock markets for two decades? How much to pay the costs of that ten minute idea?
Posted by: Nigel Johnstone   Posted on: 03/28/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Ask Fisher Price  Nigel Johnstone | 03/28/05
And the rest of them?  genzaii | 03/28/05
Microsoft already paid  Nigel Johnstone | 03/28/05
RE: rest of them  JakAttak | 03/28/05
as to the others  zijiang | 03/28/05
Dictionary definition of Eccentric  Nigel Johnstone | 03/28/05
Sony should raise "stick shakers" as prior art.  Atlant | 03/28/05
US patent 4398889 from 1981  Nigel Johnstone | 03/28/05
Sony does nothing of this though  andyhayes1 | 03/28/05
Yeh, but I went through their patents  Nigel Johnstone | 03/28/05
Pretty Bad Patent  andyhayes1 | 03/28/05
Actually, that's about all the original "Stick shakers" did.  Atlant | 03/29/05
This site is quite good  Nigel Johnstone | 03/28/05
This ones quite good too Earthshaker from 1989  Nigel Johnstone | 03/28/05
Legal system: Long walk + short plank  ejhonda | 03/28/05
typical typical  NoMac | 03/28/05
Rattling Generally Stinks Anyway  andyhayes1 | 03/28/05
patent madness  enternamehere-20061413043042855708329691381958 | 03/28/05
Well, I hope the makers of Bleem  FilledOut | 03/29/05

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