Re: Patents, Royalties and other Scams...???

In article <MjP_e.117729$G8.49548@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave
xxxx <davewhit181@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 were:

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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