Shouldn't these patents be invalid by now? Patents only last 20 years. Steffen Zahn
Am 10.02.2012 um 02:52 schrieb William Robb <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com>: > On 09/02/2012 3:15 PM, mike wilson wrote: >> On 09/02/2012 16:28, Darren Addy wrote: >>> Surely one of the real assets that Pentax carries with it is its name >>> and name >>> recognition. >> >> I was going to say "no" to this. Then, remembering that the whole world >> and its dog has owned Pentax recently and therefore had access to its >> coating technology, I thought that you are probably right. All Pentax >> has now is a name. > > Having had access to their coating technology is not the same as being able > to take advantage of it now. If the SMC patents stayed with Pentax, then > whatever Hoya does, they won't be using SMC coatings on it. > Pentax is as much a name as Nikon is, FWIW. > Nikon has been little more than a blip on Mitsubishi's balance sheet for some > 3 decades now. Funny how no one disses Nikon for that. > > -- > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
