Robert Baer wrote:

John Fields wrote:

On 17 Mar 2007 11:57:20 -0700, "jerry"
wrote:


On Mar 17, 2:16 pm, "jim menning" wrote:

"jerry" wrote in message

oups.com...






Gurus,


I need your help...


I am an amateur triathlete and I'm getting ready for the start of the
triathlon season and I had this problem last year that I'm trying to
solve.


The problem is that during an open-water triathlon swim I need to skip
a stroke every so often to lift my head out of the water and site the
next turn buoy. I usually find myself off course by a few yards and
need to make corrections. This costs me time from being off course
and from skipping a stroke. So, I had this idea to take apart an old
digital camera or picture phone and mount the camera part to the back
of my head and attach the LCD part in front of my goggles.


Sound


Will such a device be illegal in competition?- Hide quoted text -

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Not yet!



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But, if it's patented, it'll be illegal for you to build one.


Absolutely *NOT* true.
It is OK for one to build a device for one's own use; what is
protected is *selling* the devices without a licence from the patent owner.

I think you should check your facts.

--
The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to
minimize spam. Our true address is of the form .

One reality that is being ignored here is that there are no "Patent Police"
and the word Illegal does not ever apply to patent infringement.
Reality is that if the patent holder (and only the patent holder) feels that
you have infringed on his patent and he is willing to spend the money for
the lawyers, then he can file a law suit against you to recover damages.
Certainly in this case, the probability of this occurring is near enough to
zero to be dismissed.


"CJT" wrote in message
...
Robert Baer wrote:

John Fields wrote:

On 17 Mar 2007 11:57:20 -0700, "jerry"
wrote:


On Mar 17, 2:16 pm, "jim menning" wrote:

"jerry" wrote in message

oups.com...






Gurus,


I need your help...


I am an amateur triathlete and I'm getting ready for the start of
the
triathlon season and I had this problem last year that I'm trying to
solve.


The problem is that during an open-water triathlon swim I need to
skip
a stroke every so often to lift my head out of the water and site the
next turn buoy. I usually find myself off course by a few yards and
need to make corrections. This costs me time from being off course
and from skipping a stroke. So, I had this idea to take apart an old
digital camera or picture phone and mount the camera part to the back
of my head and attach the LCD part in front of my goggles.


Sound


Will such a device be illegal in competition?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Not yet!



---
But, if it's patented, it'll be illegal for you to build one.


Absolutely *NOT* true.
It is OK for one to build a device for one's own use; what is protected
is *selling* the devices without a licence from the patent owner.

I think you should check your facts.

--
The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to
minimize spam. Our true address is of the form .

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:52:21 GMT, "Jack" Gave
us:

One reality that is being ignored here...

Is the fact that you are a top posting Usenet RETARD!

Bone up on the forums you interlope into, Chucko!

The reality should be that folks completely ignore twits like you
until you DO BONE UP.

Being a top posting, TOFU Usenet retard is just plain stupid. Learn
and obey, dork-o-flex!

If you have been on the planet long enough to be a "grandpa" you
should understand conventions.

You know, like stopping at a red light.

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:52:21 GMT, "Jack" Gave
us:

Illegal does not ever apply to patent infringement.


BULL****.

Illegal as in AGAINST patent LAW. That most certainly DOES apply to
infringement of patent law. Get a clue, pops!

It does NOT require being a law that a LEO would pursue you for.
All that is required is that it be against a law.

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:52:21 GMT, "Jack"
wrote:

One reality that is being ignored here is that there are no "Patent Police"
and the word Illegal does not ever apply to patent infringement.
Reality is that if the patent holder (and only the patent holder) feels that
you have infringed on his patent and he is willing to spend the money for
the lawyers, then he can file a law suit against you to recover damages.
Certainly in this case, the probability of this occurring is near enough to
zero to be dismissed.

---
Please bottom post.

While there are no "Patent Police", 35 U.S.C. 271:

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac..._U_S_C_271.htm

clearly spells out what is permissible and what isn't with regard to
infringement. What is allowed is legal and what isn't is illegal,
and while there are no criminal penalties for breaking that law,
civil action in the form of a lawsuit may be taken against the
infringer in a Federal court, with possibly disastrous consequences
resulting to the infringer.

While the probability of the OP being sued for infringement in this
case may be vanishingly small, the point isn't whether he'll be
"caught" or not, it's that if he chooses to copy the patent without
the patent owner's permission he'll be infringing the patent, which
he shouldn't, because it's theft of intellectual property and isn't
the right thing to do.


--
JF

CJT wrote:

Robert Baer wrote:

John Fields wrote:

On 17 Mar 2007 11:57:20 -0700, "jerry"
wrote:


On Mar 17, 2:16 pm, "jim menning" wrote:

"jerry" wrote in message

oups.com...






Gurus,



I need your help...



I am an amateur triathlete and I'm getting ready for the start of
the
triathlon season and I had this problem last year that I'm trying to
solve.



The problem is that during an open-water triathlon swim I need to
skip
a stroke every so often to lift my head out of the water and site the
next turn buoy. I usually find myself off course by a few yards and
need to make corrections. This costs me time from being off course
and from skipping a stroke. So, I had this idea to take apart an old
digital camera or picture phone and mount the camera part to the back
of my head and attach the LCD part in front of my goggles.



Sound



Will such a device be illegal in competition?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -



Not yet!




---
But, if it's patented, it'll be illegal for you to build one.


Absolutely *NOT* true.
It is OK for one to build a device for one's own use; what is
protected is *selling* the devices without a licence from the patent
owner.


I think you should check your facts.

Sorry; it is you that needs to do the checking.