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Strategies & Market Trends : Stock Watcher's Thread / Pix of the Week (POW) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stock Watcher who wrote (2875)	2/15/1999 10:56:00 AM
From: Dave Gore	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52051

No, ITOY is smart, very smart! I have seen this before; it puts them in "fist position" for this new delivery system, and therby dissuades other companies from trying to copy the design. They think this is huge; a whole new concept for a new kind of toy whose time has come... an internet toy delivery system. Developed by very seasoned management. PUT YOURSELF in a competitor's shoes. If you knew that ITOY had something really good here, would you try to copy them spending perhaps hundreds of thousands or millions in R&D over the next year or two, knowing that in 6 months or 2 years you may be forced to cease and desist? ***** Remember management is seasoned veterans....the President Lanette Orduna, made the talking toy famous. I would be concerned if they DID not file a patent. The fact that they DID means to me that they think they have something unique that can lock out competitors. PS- in my experience it does not take 2 years for granting patents. Sometimes it is much much less.