Though I am a very satisfied owner of two Mariner kayaks (hopefully two more in the future), I'm afraid I would vote that it is NOT an inappropriate copy, but an evolution of an excellent design feature. In spite of Mariner Kayaks opinions about hatches and bulkheads, most would agree that adding them is a significant design improvement. If the hull design was protected by a patent, copyright, or other law of ownership, then my vote would change. Steve Brown -----Original Message----- ....... Well my vote is that it IS a COPY and I vote to award Matt treble damages of three times the normal profit he earns on the Max for every Nadgee sold. However, like most small claims lawsuits - he'll have a hell of a time collecting. Steve Holtzman ..... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 26 2004 - 08:12:06 PDT
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