Are Fuller's patents owned by his estate? Is permission needed to utilise his designs or are they in the public domain since his death?
Who owns Fuller's patents?Submitted by The Artful Dodger on Tue, 2006-09-05 12:43.
Are Fuller's patents owned by his estate? Is permission needed to utilise his designs or are they in the public domain since his death?
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I think they are all in the public domain. The Estate only owns his original works from what I remember. This page has links to the us patent office. You can find the original drawings, etc. there and they should explain whose domain the patents fall into...
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