I guess ssd liked my tear drop tub design so much there selling them in kit form.
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I guess ssd liked my tear drop tub design so much there selling them in kit form.
Orange Smoothie
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Imitation is the greatest form of flattery...
stromad
+1y
Edited: 11/12/2006 12:48:23 PM by 2lowastro
Originally posted by TEEBAGGINNN
If you want an origional truck leave it in the garage so only you can see it.
Great ideas are often copied.
And even then someone else will do it weather you thought of it first or not.....then what SD must have a mind reading machine? NO offence but nothing is original anymore man
Originally posted by TEEBAGGINNN
If you want an origional truck leave it in the garage so only you can see it.
Great ideas are often copied.
And even then someone else will do it weather you thought of it first or not.....then what SD must have a mind reading machine? NO offence but nothing is original anymore man
b12yan
+1y
i will get them just so i can park next to rabbit at a show..
KRamseyKustomz
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Originally posted by jancecustoms
Yeap! Had a few designs in my patent stolen and are now being used in production from a few companies! I can't sue them over it because it is not my "main" idea that I patented and just a design feature. Sucks!!!
And Custom is spelled with a C and not a K Kustomz is spelled with a c are you sure!
Yeap! Had a few designs in my patent stolen and are now being used in production from a few companies! I can't sue them over it because it is not my "main" idea that I patented and just a design feature. Sucks!!!
And Custom is spelled with a C and not a K Kustomz is spelled with a c are you sure!
TRUKBLDR
+1y
one thing is you had it first rabbit so no matter what happens they copied you not you copying them
killerc10
+1y
MAN THIS IS I'M AFARID TO GO TO A COMPANY AND SAY "HEY WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT DOING THIS AND CAN WE DO BUSINESS TOGEHTER" YOU NEVER KNOW HOW SHIT TURNS OUT! ONE LITTLE CHANGE AND ITS THIERS!
BAD_INC
+1y
Why worry about it. It seems we (B.A.D.) are the main design firm for another company that produces "billet" steering wheels. *cough*AIM Industries*cough* They even went so far as to run a picture taken of our steering wheel, from our website, in their ads and claimed it as their own. Just keep inovating and let everybody else play catch up.
bodydropped85
+1y
they should atleast call them rabbit tubs
Jance Customs
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In most cases, 9 times out of 10 the original designer will get screwed and a company will find a cheaper way to create the same product and the designer will get nothing out of it other than knowing they are the ones that started the production for that product reguardless if they see a dime for it!
Whenever I did my patent I included a new style of latch and a keyless touchpad for entry on a tonneau cover. At that time (2002) no one had ever used those in the way that I had them in my patent. Once I was patent pending I sent out my information to several companies and never heard anything back from most of them.
In 2004 I came across a company at Sema that was "introducing" the first ever tonneau cover with a keyless touchpad as means of entry! And even on their website it has word for word what my patent has written on how you can use the keypad with your factory door locks inside the cab to control it! And on their new style of latches it clearly states that "it latches like a trunk lid"!
I went up to the owner of the company and he was a complete jerk to me. I don't know if he knew who I was once I showed him what I had because I had sent my information directly to him personally and he kept saying all the these negative things how it wouldn't and couldn't work etc etc.
I've already seen several homemade versions of my design on people's trucks which is fine as long as they are not selling them because that would be infringement. My friend said "at least you had part in starting something new" yeah but I haven't seen a dime for it which was the whole point behind getting a patent!
Whenever I did my patent I included a new style of latch and a keyless touchpad for entry on a tonneau cover. At that time (2002) no one had ever used those in the way that I had them in my patent. Once I was patent pending I sent out my information to several companies and never heard anything back from most of them.
In 2004 I came across a company at Sema that was "introducing" the first ever tonneau cover with a keyless touchpad as means of entry! And even on their website it has word for word what my patent has written on how you can use the keypad with your factory door locks inside the cab to control it! And on their new style of latches it clearly states that "it latches like a trunk lid"!
I went up to the owner of the company and he was a complete jerk to me. I don't know if he knew who I was once I showed him what I had because I had sent my information directly to him personally and he kept saying all the these negative things how it wouldn't and couldn't work etc etc.
I've already seen several homemade versions of my design on people's trucks which is fine as long as they are not selling them because that would be infringement. My friend said "at least you had part in starting something new" yeah but I haven't seen a dime for it which was the whole point behind getting a patent!
///RA TROY
+1y
just installed mine today great job on the design rabit they fit great in s10s