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Hello all,
I'm sure with the title, that was enough to draw the attention of many. What I'm wondering is given that they are no longer in business and producing the highly-desired tensiometers that have become the gold standard, if there are any patents, copyrights, etc that would preclude the possible production of a "knock-off" version.
A very well-qualified (CNC manufacturing guru) friend did just that and we tested his version against the legit Holloway tensiometer and the results were identical. It was strictly for his own personal use and it was encouraging at the very least!
I guess my question and reason for posting is if anyone knows of any legal reasons (is Holloway truly out of business?) to not possibly take an existing Holloway unit and make CAD files available to the public to have one made for their own use (not necessarily for mass resale).
Thoughts?
Sam
I'm sure with the title, that was enough to draw the attention of many. What I'm wondering is given that they are no longer in business and producing the highly-desired tensiometers that have become the gold standard, if there are any patents, copyrights, etc that would preclude the possible production of a "knock-off" version.
A very well-qualified (CNC manufacturing guru) friend did just that and we tested his version against the legit Holloway tensiometer and the results were identical. It was strictly for his own personal use and it was encouraging at the very least!
I guess my question and reason for posting is if anyone knows of any legal reasons (is Holloway truly out of business?) to not possibly take an existing Holloway unit and make CAD files available to the public to have one made for their own use (not necessarily for mass resale).
Thoughts?
Sam
