P3D Re: patent

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

> >the device because it is so simple (and elegant, I might add).  I'm not
> >a lawyer, but I think it is possible to make one for your own use, as
> >long as you don't sell it. 

Well, with the cost of buying one being $5.50, it doesn't seem worthwhile
building one.  Or if you did, it doesn't seem worth HP's time to sue
you for the $5.50 of gross revenue lost in the *one* built for one's
own use.

Of course, until someone looks up the patent, it could be a patent
on the finishing process of the paint or the way the label was
attached, or something else non-fundamental.

Mike K.


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