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Re: Handlebar-less Segway
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Originally Posted by artdutra04
AFAIK, Dean already owns the patent rights to that handle-less Segway. This picture was from one of Dean's patent applications, and covers alternate designs of the Segway. As you can see, none of these have handle bars. Figure 11 is very similar to the handlebar-less "Segway" in this thread. This isn't about GP, its about ideas and rights. Dean has repeatedly said that ideas are what will drive the future, so he sure is not going to let someone else "steal" (even if unintentional) his ideas while his patents are still valid. Although GP is not the law of the land outside of FIRST, patent rights are.
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well i didn't know that and no one had really made it clear so thanks for clearing it up for me and I'm sure others who may have shared my confusion.
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