Reply by Ocelot

Posted on Ethics On Replicating Products

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#1 posted 04-15-2015 08:26 PM

Patents expire. Find any product with an expired patent (such as anything for sale 20 years ago) and make as many as you like and sell them if you want. Trademarks and copyrights don’t expire, so you’ll have to come up with your own name for it, but that’s not asking much.

-Paul

-- I intended to be a woodworker, but turned into a tool and lumber collector.

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