[rollei_list] Re: OT: Kwannon Prototype
- From: David Sadowski <dsadowski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:14:13 -0500
It's unlikely that the Japanese camera companies would have ripped off
a valid US patent in the 1950s, for the simple reason that most of
their production was intended for the US market. Even if they could
have gotten away with it in the home market, the cameras couldn't have
been sold in the US without risking a lawsuit.
Going back to our earlier discussion, while Japanese firms could
safely ignore German patents after WWII, the two countries were close
allies during the war and the period leading up to it.
Germany, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact on September 27,
1940, and this included a clause on economic cooperation.
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