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Old September 30th 05, 09:00 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Jim Lesurf
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Default Patents, Royalties and other Scams...???

In article , Dave
xxxx wrote:


Dr. Ruben Rausing, makes money every time a carton of milk or whatever
is in a tetra pack is sold


He is/was UK second richest person worth about £4 billion expect down a
couple when new list comes out with that Russian having moved here.


When I went to a meeting to explain IPR some years ago I was surprised that
two of the top UK owners at that time we

1) The ring pull on ring-pull cans

2) Bubbles in chocolate.

Apparently, one of the main worries of the relevant firm at that time was
that the main patent on (2) was about to expire...

IIRC Compared to (1), the income for things like Dyson cleaners came
no-where...

Slainte,

Jim

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