I honestly don't see how he can get so self righteous, (but then again look who I'm answering). However, Mr Gross is very touchy about that type of pen, as has been shown on this forum before.
Ken, with all due respect, why is trying to protect something that you worked hard developing being self righteous? I do not understand the thought on this site that everything should be copied and that the person that tries to protect their ideas are the bad guys.
Curtis, it is the idea that someone thinks he owns something just because he was the first to do something different.
Who was the first to use casting resin to make a pen?
How do you think he should feel about everyone else copying that process?
Didn't the first person that put watch parts in casting resin become guilty of copying that same process himself?
Placing an object in casting resin then turning it into a pen is one thing just about anyone can do.
It has become public property and anyone is entitled to use that process.
Thinking you own some sort of special entitlement because you were the first to put that specific object in casting resin is what is so funny!
We have laws in this country to protect intellectual property and they are very specific about what can be protected and what can not.
Just saying something dont make it so and sometimes peoples unfounded and incorrect statements and legal threats are where the humor lies.
As an afterthought ... many of what some people think are original ideas have been done before by others.
Whoever turned the first Cocobolo wood pen had no right to say no one else could use that wood because it was his original idea.
