Sawgrass response to patent expiry query

[mags1892]

But they cite prior art for sublimation patents going back to 1974!
Their patent can only be for A sublimation process - sublimation ink and dysperse dyes have existed longer than Sawgrass.

they have but sawgras patented first other were rather silly.

[JetStreamDigital]

Mags, I'd be interested in your feedback after reporting the inks I posted earlier in this thread.


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[mags1892]

Mags, I'd be interested in your feedback after reporting the inks I posted earlier in this thread.


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Keep watching them

[JetStreamDigital]

I'm referring to the website Mags, eBay is a different kettle of fish. VeRO status puts all the power in the account holders hand, rightly or wrongly.


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[JetStreamDigital]

One of sawgrases patents is for the SUBLIMATION PROCESS hence noone else can use the term sublimation without a license.

http://www.google.com/patents/US8628185

What exactly is innovative about a 'method'?


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[mags1892]

What exactly is innovative about a 'method'?


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Beats me I didnt grant the patent dont shoot the mesenger im as perplexed as you beleive me I could sell a MASSIVE amount of sublimation ink if the patent expired I have access to some amazing stuff.

[pisquee]

This is an interesting blog
http://sublimation-ink.blogspot.co.uk/

And this thread over on TSF too
http://www.t-shirtforums.com/dye-sublim ... 923-3.html

[mags1892]

Seems you sell the same ink as I do Pisquee

[pisquee]

Yup, started selling Inktec on Ebay back in 2011, when there was very little sublimation ink on there, and what was there was cheap unbranded Chinese stuff. I was the only one selling a quality brand and surviving Sawgrass' idle threats. I was doing very well, before loads of other sellers noticed and copied, with the bottom then falling out of the market, and I had the best match for "sublimation ink" for a few years, until our main business got too busy to concentrate on it, and keep up with all the ink sales/advice enquiries, especially when some calls were over half an hour and then I could see from feedbacks that they went and bought from another seller! Have recently decided to get back in the game though.

[mags1892]

Yip I know ive been selling inktec for many years also as well as pigement ink and as a epson authorised reseller and engineer its a nightmare lol. I also was undercut by a couple of people and had to drop my prices I also sell a higher end ink but only to the very large format guys with fast machnes like the Monna Lisa proper sublimation kit . I sell the epson machine too obviously with epson sublimation ink .