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Patent Claim Could Block Import of Toyota's Hybrid Cars
JynxMe writes "Paice is a tiny Florida company that has patented a way to apply force to a car's wheels from an electric motor or internal combustion engine. Paice thinks that Toyota is infringing on its technology, and is going after the automaker in court. The legal spat became much more serious for Toyota this week, when the US International Trade Commission decided to investigate the matter. In the worst-case scenario for Toyota, the commission could ban the hybrid Camry, third-generation Prius, Lexus HS250h sedan and Lexus RX450h SUV."
So what, they patented the transmission? CV joints? Axles?
Paice LLC Lawyer: Umm... Sure, why not?
You're a typical slashtard. You don't know anything about patents. The patent isn't on each individual claim, the patent is on the device described by the claims. You're a fucking retard
This is where the president outta step in and stop the stifling of the hybrid market by null and voiding any such patents, it would be much better than cash for clunkers...and not cost us a dime. The car companies in the US and Japan could then stop suing each other and get down to designing the best hybrids, unhindered by crap like this from other car manufacturers and individuals.
Health care isn't broken. The "supporting" activities are what is broken. In the US, if you have the money, you can get anything fixed. If you want health care then save money or buy insurance that lets you get the care. If you don't want it then don't. I don't get how anyone can claim they have the right to being cured of any sickness they get. Doctors work their asses off to get where they are. How fair is it for those doctors to have to treat bums off the street who haven't contributed anything to society. Our system works orders of magnitude better than other countries where there are waiting lists or no care at all for even the most productive people. Those who contribute to society, and value health care enough to purchase it get help. The real problem is the cost of our health care system. Without a reduction in costs we can't lower them regardless of moving the bill around with dumb plans like Obama's. Passing off the costs to the government through Obama's plan will not fix anything. The best cost to remove is the litigation and effects of the litigation that are destroying the system.
In the end someone has to pay for the health care. If it is the government then you are going to pay more taxes rather than paying a high insurance premium. The government has every interest in gaining control of it completely so they can hand their buddies all the contracts. Have fun living in lala land where the government wants less control over everything. You give them an inch they take a mile and NEVER give it back.
This is the US we are talking about.
A country that provided the world with such things as electricity, the automobile, the outcome of WWII, the internets, manned space exploration, etc.
The global financial system is pure bullshit.
It's all numbers in a database, and those numbers do NOT correspond to anything tangible. They're produced out of thin air. It is not a problem unique to the US, nor does any nation's "debt" or "surplus" have any actual meaning.
Financial ruin IS avoidable - go back to the gold standard and stop bailing out the morons (from giant companies to the individual). And of course, don't tax the people out the ass for stupid shit. Politicians and huge companies don't want any of that though.
Keep shitting on the US, though, because the rest of the world is totally so much better off and owes the US nothing.
Right and America had no fucking impact on D-Day. You America hating, fucking moron.
I do, I've yet to have them tell me I can't see a Dr (any of them I want to see so far) when I want to. They have yet to say they won't let me go for any tx I want. Honestly, I've no complaints and have not run into any restrictions on my tx or Dr. I've chosen.
You're lucky your employer chose that company. Many policies do, in fact, restrict all those things.
Why do you pay so much?
Because I have no choice. It's very good insurance; If I'd gone for a standard lens implant instead of the new tech, the entire operation would have been covered. I'd have had a big deductable with many companies.
My insurance company isn't beholden to me, they're beholden to their stockholders. And I can't replace them at an affordable price. I have no say about how they run the business, and have no recourse. With a public plan I can at least vote against somebody who appoints administrators.
Bureacracy isn't a function of government, it's a function of any organization that reaches some threshold in size. And most insurance companies are arguably more bureaucratic than many Federal government agencies.
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