Did VEX have to say Pretty Please?

[dlavery]

Temporary tangent:

Originally Posted by Phil Ross

Out of the entire world their are only 5 other robotics competitions that have more than one robot out at a time, and 3 of them only have one on one.

Is there a citation somewhere for that claim? Right off the top of my head, I can think of at least eight different robotic competition programs just in the U.S. that involve simultaneous multiple robots on the field, and only one of them is 1-on-1. And I am pretty sure that number will double or triple with just a little bit of research.

This is a relevant side-bar discussion, as multiple robots competing simultaneously is a significant element of the "Coopetition" patent claim. The existence of other competitions with similar characteristics, particularly those that pre-date the patent claim, will have a bearing on just how enforceable the claim may actually be.

-dave



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