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Cor, sorry but totally irrelevant in this thread... Okay, being from Europe I have no idea how the US Patent Office and US legal system works, so my 2 ¢ might be a bunch of crap. I know that Lenz submitted a working prototype of their RailCom system to the NMRA in 2002. That means that Lenz spend time and money in the preceding year (at least) developing it. I admit I didn't read the MTH patent so I don't know the timeframe they started with this 'bi-directional stuff'. If MTH couldn't proof 'beyond a reasonable doubt' that they concluded their development _prior_ to Lenz' submittion of their RailCom system, Lenz might argue that MTH 'borrowed' some of the RailCom techniques in their own system. That would mean the end of this legal battle as MTH then has no ground for a patent: parts of that patent belong to another mfg.... As stated, I have no idea if I'm on the right track (sic [;)]) here. Btw, Lenz is a German company and any US patent has no legal rights in Europe (as is the opposite [;)]) @moderators: I choose Forummaster as an alias as I was a Forummaster (of a Dutch forum) then, but with no intend to participate in this forum. Times changed, but I'm afraid I cannot change my alias as I did with my emailadress. Thus no disrespect on my behalf, but do you have advise on changing this situation? Regards, M.V. Wesstein the Netherlands
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