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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.