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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: Great_Satan on 22 February 2004, 05:52

Title: They're infringing his patent
Post by: Great_Satan on 22 February 2004, 05:52

Suicide Belt Inventor Files Claim

Jerusalem (Reuters). Rahid Ahmad Saed, a 65-year-old Egyptian engineer, has filed an intellectual property lawsuit against the Palestine Liberation Organization, claiming it has repeatedly violated his patent, filed in 1997, for a wearable waist-mounted explosive device with ultra-low profile and string trigger action. If the inventor wins, the PLO will have to pay up to $1.7 billion in royalties and revert to largely ineffective traditional bombing. Saed insists his lawsuit is not intended to complicate the bombers

Title: They're infringing his patent
Post by: WMD on 22 February 2004, 08:16

This is so fucking nuts... /slams head against wall a dozen times

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Title: They're infringing his patent
Post by: mobrien_12 on 22 February 2004, 10:17

I think this is bull.  I went to Reuters and couldn't find any such story.

Title: They're infringing his patent
Post by: Fett101 on 22 February 2004, 11:20

I don't care if it's bull, I hope he wins.

Title: They're infringing his patent
Post by: Calum on 22 February 2004, 22:33

well i can't find mention of this guy anywhere else on the 'net but that doesn't necessarily mean it's not true.