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Abad,

Just so we are all very clear, this is a direct copy of a device covered by a patent owned by The Tiffen Company. The device is The Lynn Axis, invented by Chris Fawcett and is covered by This Patent.

 

As a one-off, nicely copied. But this is protected intellectual property- just as Gregg Bubb's device is HIS invention.

 

Best to all,

 

Peter Abraham, S.O.C.

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Thanks for the link Peter. I read (skimmed) the patent, and it didn't see a definition of which motors would be used to drive the stabilizer. Judging by the age of the patent, 1999, I would safely assume them to be servo motors, as opposed to brushless ones that Abad is using. Would the patent still be applicable? (I'm assuming yes?) And if so, where does the line be drawn?

I predict that a lot of 3rd party companies are going to try to make their own version of what Abad did.

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How does MK-V fit into this, do they use the patent or pay for it?

 

 

 

Abad,

Just so we are all very clear, this is a direct copy of a device covered by a patent owned by The Tiffen Company. The device is The Lynn Axis, invented by Chris Fawcett and is covered by This Patent.

 

As a one-off, nicely copied. But this is protected intellectual property- just as Gregg Bubb's device is HIS invention.

 

Best to all,

 

Peter Abraham, S.O.C.

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Thanks for the link Peter. I read (skimmed) the patent, and it didn't see a definition of which motors would be used to drive the stabilizer. Judging by the age of the patent, 1999, I would safely assume them to be servo motors, as opposed to brushless ones that Abad is using. Would the patent still be applicable? (I'm assuming yes?) And if so, where does the line be drawn?

I predict that a lot of 3rd party companies are going to try to make their own version of what Abad did.

Actually it was a brushless motor, and Chris didn't exactly "invent" it Peter he just built a version of a prior art

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Eric is correct. Chris informs me early this morning that his efforts are based on a portion of the Patent cited above. Chris- a brilliant inventor- gets to take credit for actualizing the patent idea, but not for the original concept.

 

My mis-statement, however, and I apologize for the imprecision of that part of my post.

 

My statements regarding ownership of Lyn's Patent, however, is 100 % accurate.

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How does MK-V fit into this, do they use the patent or pay for it?

Well Howard has never paid anything. He's only ripped Lynn off and claims that HE has a patent on the MK-V AR and when pressed for patent numbers he will never cite them. A patent search also shows no Patents for Howard Smith or MK-V. There is a Howard Smith with two patents but he's a doctor and it's for medical devices.

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This is exactly what I wrote up there: " Just so we are all very clear, this is a direct copy of a device covered by a patent owned by The Tiffen Company. The device is The Lynn Axis, invented by Chris Fawcett and is covered by This Patent."

 

Now, the patent is indeed held by Tiffen. My mistake- which you are all welcome to flail me with until I retire and sell all of my gear off in shame- was that I credited Chris with the invention, knowing that it was Lynn ( two N's, people... ) who had filed the original patent. Chris did indeed actualize a part of the patent, quite brilliantly.

 

Having said all of this, my original statement is accurate. This is a copy of a patented device.

 

Period.

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It's funny seeing this whole thing bubble back to the surface after so long -- I remember flying Lynn's secret prototype in his hotel room back in...was it 1997...1998? Can't remember but I think he did it a few years (it was like a clown car squeezing all those ops in to his room in shifts!).

 

Anyways, It was a beautiful piece of work and drained his life savings to make...nice to see it being toyed with legitimately

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