Smart Parts and Planet Eclipse agreement

[Lepro-C]

Press Release
added 4/2/2004
Smart Parts, Inc. and Planet Eclipse today announced the signing of a patent license agreement giving Planet a worldwide, non-exclusive license to make, sell, offer for sale, and distribute products covered by Smart Parts’ electronic paintball gun patents.

Smart Parts owns several U.S. and international patents and pending patent applications related to the use of electronics in the control and operation of paintball guns. These include, for instance, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,881,707; 5,967,133; 6,035,843; 6,474,326 B1; and 6,637,421 B2, as well as patents and/or pending patent applications in Germany, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, and other countries.

Planet (www.planeteclipse.com)

[Paintballguy59]

wow, wonder how much that costed. SP is gay.

[Coolman018]

Originally posted by Lepro-C
as well as patents and/or pending patent applications in Germany, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, and other countries.

Well. That rules out making markers in other countries I guess.

[vonort]

Not necessarily. The pattens have not gone through in the other countries yet. Some of them are still pat pending. Damn rules out an E-blade cocker now. Since it means Stupid Pricks will be getting part of my money. Oh well looks like I'm staying mechanical.

[MVPaintballer]

I bet it's a april fools joke :)

[Stuart78]

phew, at least its not raceguns