tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post8564313590578146118..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: Lessons From HistoryDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-8528958959414174812013-11-07T17:07:57.288-06:002013-11-07T17:07:57.288-06:00"Selden near-Xeroxed Brayton's design and..."Selden near-Xeroxed Brayton's design and patented it."<br /><br />Reputable historians acknowledge that during this time frame similar engines were being produced in the United States and Europe, each possessing unique design elements and purposes. They all made modifications from a single idea. Technology develops through this evolutionary process. Again, Selden filed the first patent for a gasoline-powered automobile; this action was well within his liberty and well within the permitted laws at the time. Ain’t capitalism grand?<br /><br /><br />“Scale of application is irrelevant, as you might not know.”<br /><br />According to who...YOU? Ha, ha, ha. You have as much credibility as Obozo. Cut from the same cloth.<br /><br /><br />“Restraint-of-trade, whether legal or not, is restraint-of-trade.”<br /><br />Depends on how one defines “restraint-of-trade”. Selden and Ford each had their “crew”. Both sides were earning profits. Both sought to generate share of the marketplace using the available means deemed appropriate for the time period. Their methods, some of which are considered unscrupulous now, were the norm, and in part led to tremendous growth in our economy in the late 1800‘s. Historical context matters, as you might not know.<br /><br /><br />“The linked article does not share your opinion of the Otto/Selden/Brayton/Ford conclusion.”<br /><br />Which does not mean that the opinion from the linked article is the end-all, be-all. [Golf clap] <br />Try conducting further investigations on the matter and take into consideration all of the evidence before scribing.<br /><br /><br />“And no one actually cares.”<br /><br /> If no one “cares”, then you wouldn’t have responded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-77736624947602229772013-11-07T05:51:26.464-06:002013-11-07T05:51:26.464-06:00It's really good to have a genius like you str...It's really good to have a genius like you straighten things out, eh?<br /><br />1) According to the linked article, Selden near-Xeroxed Brayton's design and patented it. Scale of application is irrelevant, as you might not know. It remains a fact that there are liars and thieves in every profession.<br /><br />2) Restraint-of-trade, whether legal or not, is restraint-of-trade. Killing babies is also "legal"; we are not impressed by that law, either.<br /><br />3) The linked article does not share your opinion of the Otto/Selden/Brayton/Ford conclusion. And no one actually cares.<br /><br />Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-26401644377506192422013-11-06T23:28:50.329-06:002013-11-06T23:28:50.329-06:00Ah, yes, history challenged Dad29.
“There are l...Ah, yes, history challenged Dad29. <br /><br />“There are liars and thieves in every profession. Trust, but verify.”<br /><br />George Selden was NOT a liar nor a thief. George Brayton built a mammoth internal combustion engine, which eventually was used to propel a submarine. This invention inspired George B. Selden to develop his invention, which eventually was used in an automobile. Both took the necessary steps to patent their invention. During the late 1800’s there were inventors in the United States and in Europe who were developing their own internal combustion engines for a variety of purposes.<br /><br /><br />“"License agreements" are often merely restraint-of-trade with liberally applied legal lipstick.”<br /><br /> Actually, this arrangement by the standards of the day was completely legal. Recall that in the late 1890’s that federal business were non-existent or lax. Perhaps you heard of the term “laissez-faire”. Ford and his cohorts also developed a similar arrangement in response. No surprise.<br /><br /><br />“Lesson Three: Judges are often wrong.”<br /><br /> The reason why Ford won the patent case was because he successfully argued that the engine used in automobiles was NOT based on George Brayton’s engine--the one that Selden improved upon--but an engined developed by Nikolaus Otto. The court thus found that Selden’s patent was not infringed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-43989410297356827732013-11-05T21:54:25.652-06:002013-11-05T21:54:25.652-06:00As Rev. Huckabee likes to say, "Let's be ...As Rev. Huckabee likes to say, "Let's be clear: None of these guys made me. This great nation made me. So vote for me."<br /><br />And I will set you free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com