WaxMan
Veteran Member
I wasn't producing them because it was my intent to sell the design and that's just about done so I felt I better caution you. If you proceed it won't be my battle and could cost someone a heck of a lot of money in the process. It happened last year and it was MY battle then which I won. Taking others designs is not only bad taste but very poor judgment financially on anyone's part especially from an educator like yourself. Sharing the files can make you liable for MY design and copyright. You be the judge. Ask yourself, Is it worth it? That's all I have to say on the topic. The next person who you talk to on this copyright topic won't be me and the company involved is watching this very closely.
He never had your design, You never had your design, you made it as you went. Do you have patent drawings of your unit? I will bet the drawings are not the same as what he posted.
He made up his own design from his own facts and figures. Its not like he bought your piece that was never availble for sale, took it home and copied it. He never had your Kwick con adaptor to go by, he used his own backhoe to design his version of the backhoe adaptor you copied in the first place. QA for backhoes have been out for years, your design is nothing different then anything thats out there. Same as your tire lift, no one can make one but you?
You went on a public forum parading your work for your own personal satisfaction, its now fair game for others to copy, you gave your ideas out for anyone who wants to make one.
If you were planing on selling your copy of a QH then you should have kept it quite until you sold it.
I do agree he should not use the same name as yours.
But to shame him on a public forum for making his own version of the design you copied from someone else is just wrong, bad taste my *** . How do you live with your bad taste?
A simple PM to him would have gave notice, but why PM when you could have the public glory of shaming him.
Pattens and copyrights are public knowledge In fact it must be public knowledge because until it is public someone else can file their own claim first.
Post the link for your Tire lift and your kwik Con adaptor patents and make a complete fool out of me on line. Now is your chance. Or are you talking you have a picture with a copyright watermark on it? Post it You'll have my humble apologies.
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