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[–] 3823380? 0 points 17 points (+17|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Patents are designed to protect innovators. It appears on the face of it that Americans created an innovation and the Chinese stole it. Happens every day.

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[–] binky 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

To be fair, like airplanes and lightbulbs there's only one obvious design for this kind of product and its time has come. It is possible it was invented at the same time by multiple entities.

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[–] neanderhummus ago 

Are you joking?

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[–] JTMTL 7 points 2 points (+9|-7) ago 

Good to see the law officials acting as the bitch for the rich & well funded.

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[–] tanukihat 1 point 9 points (+10|-1) ago 

I'm sorry, this Doerksen guy (I bet he got called Dorkson at school) is "the rich and well funded'?

Sounds to me more like he's a common citizen and independent inventor, and the cops did their job for once.

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[–] Mylon 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

How is this a patent violation? I remember seeing a DIY version of a one-wheeled segway (a self-balancing unicycle) years ago. This concept isn't novel.

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[–] DickHertz 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Exactly. You would think that most of the IP would already belong to Segway regardless of the number of wheels or their placement.

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[–] Tb0n3 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Because the hold the patent and apparently their version looks almost identical. Sounds like a clear case to me.

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[–] ThePieAssassin ago 

Was that DIY one patented?

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[–] Mylon 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Patents have to be something novel and non-obvious. In the case of the unicycle, the segway already had the related patent.

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[–] TibbyTurtle 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

when the fuck did we start calling these things "hoverboards"

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[–] Gardmeria 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Raiding the real criminals.

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[–] gentleoddy ago 

This isn't just right no matter d way you look at it.