Egnater M4 meeting Trainwreck

[vibratoking]

That's a nice job, especially on that hand made PCB. You must have worked hard on that. Congrats.

Yeah I wondered about that too. Don't you love people that patent old ideas as new??!!?

He may have not known about the prior work done by Seymour Duncan. The patent office may not have known either. Just because he has a patent, it doesn't mean that it will hold up under scrutiny. My experience with patent law indicates that prior-art will void almost any patent infringement claim. My impression is that the module patent is not really enforceable and I would certainly not seek to license it if I was going to produce a module based amp. The responsibility to know if your patent is strong is your responsibility and you cannot rely on the patent office to do the work for you. Not all patents are enforceable.

[Zuccero]

That's a nice job, especially on that hand made PCB. You must have worked hard on that. Congrats.

Yeah I wondered about that too. Don't you love people that patent old ideas as new??!!?

He may have not known about the prior work done by Seymour Duncan. The patent office may not have known either. Just because he has a patent, it doesn't mean that it will hold up under scrutiny. My experience with patent law indicates that prior-art will void almost any patent infringement claim. My impression is that the module patent is not really enforceable and I would certainly not seek to license it if I was going to produce a module based amp. The responsibility to know if your patent is strong is your responsibility and you cannot rely on the patent office to do the work for you. Not all patents are enforceable.

Thanks for that.
You know, we all here love to have fun and that is what amp building is about.
No commercial intend anyway.