Specialized crushes Stratos *Unconfirmed*
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That's rich. Sued because it was cheaper than buying a patent. OK then!
Why the hell would specialized want anything Stratos produced anyways?
Why the hell would specialized want anything Stratos produced anyways?
That's why I think there's more to this story than the emptybeer is letting on...
It would probably be cheaper to outright buy Stratos than sue/buy a patent.
Stratos was making suspension long before Specialized (aside from the early 90s). Makes no sense.
As in - the story didn't exist. The MTBR thread was rich tho. Lots of 15 year olds saying they will never buy a spec again.
It's quite possible Stratos went bankrupt, but it was probably due to their sub par products - not a lawsuit filed because it was "cheaper than buying rights to a patent". As you said, it'd be cheaper just to buy Stratos if they wanted something.
Spec was making suspension parts WAY WAY back anyways.
gay i hate specialized first mountain cycle now this wow
Yet another genius post, congrats!
danm wuts up drunkeeee?
Mountain Cycle went under because they sucked and didn't innovate, not because Specialized sued them.
Wasn't that Rockshox making suspension FOR Spesh? Meaning Speshy would have no patent rights over them blah blah blah...
New keyboard is making me an alcoholic.
It was a joint venture, sort of like Brain.
Ooooh! I love bastard children!
You at transcend's house?
Na, just retarded.
Their site:
8/1/2006 Closed for Vacation
Stratos will be closed until September 4th for VACATION. We will still process parts orders via e-mail at sales@stratosusa.com
If you would like to place an order, please email us the following info:name,address,telephone #, we take visa or MasterCard
Thanks The guys at Stratos.
They make moto stuff too...weird.
my bad i herd that from a buddy
Really... what was the point of posting a picture of your keyboard? Should I take a pic of my T.V. and post it?
Looks like some one needs to go back to sylvan
yes! .
Did you read the thread?
Not drunk!
I had some reducers machined from Stratos a month ago or so and the guy there told me that Specialized was suing them from patent infringment on the inertia valve which he claimed they own the original patent for. They were going to make both a fork and rear shock that used the technology, and never even ended up making either. I'd like to hear the rest of the story though.
Already that makes more sense. They infringed Specialized's patent and not specialized wanting some "technology".
If they didn't produce and sell the product though, i don't believe they can be sued?
They never produced the shock for sale, but apparently they were about to. It sounds like they had other projects in the works with it too. Never much liked the product, but a shame none the less to see them give (if actually correct)
Wanna trade for a much grubbier version of the same thing? It's got that 'well loved' look, kind of like modern jeans.
Mine showed up with my mac pro while I was in New Zealand. It has new keyboard smell.
Mine came with my eMac when I started college. The keys stick and are dirty, and it has hair, crumbs, and dust stuck under the clear plastic.
Unbelievable.
stratos sold some ID cartridges...but I thought they bought the patent from somebody else, like a moto company. Maybe specialized owns a patent for applying the same technology to mountain bike use. Sounds kind of idiotic to me, but both companies were pretty idiotic, special ed owns everything and stratos never changed anything.
I remember reading about it earlier, stratos stopped selling their cartridge until the lawsuit came to pass. I'm not going to lie, I'm going to hate specialized for it, but I probably won't miss stratos. Flame away, but specialized is doing everything that people hate trek for, even when trek isn't really doing it anymore.
I remember reading about it earlier, stratos stopped selling their cartridge until the lawsuit came to pass. I'm not going to lie, I'm going to hate specialized for it, but I probably won't miss stratos. Flame away, but specialized is doing everything that people hate trek for, even when trek isn't really doing it anymore.
I had a Stratos M6 way-back-when........til this day it was the best valved fork i ever owned. Super adjustable, super compliant.......too bad it was all stuffed in a soda-can style casing......
Anyone who thinks Specialized just willy-nilly sued the pants off Stratos to wiggle out of paying a fee is ignorant. Period.
If you don't have a good reason to sue someone and a case to back it up, you're going to lose money, both in lawyer fees, and you can get nailed for contempt of court. If Specialized isn't sure they own the applicable patent, they wouldn't sue. Not actively protecting your patents and trademarks is grounds to lose them, so Specialized actually wouldn't have much of a choice in the matter if they think there's infringement going on.
If you don't have a good reason to sue someone and a case to back it up, you're going to lose money, both in lawyer fees, and you can get nailed for contempt of court. If Specialized isn't sure they own the applicable patent, they wouldn't sue. Not actively protecting your patents and trademarks is grounds to lose them, so Specialized actually wouldn't have much of a choice in the matter if they think there's infringement going on.
I used to run a Stratos Helix Expert rear shock. It worked great and IMO was ahead of the rest of the field back then.
too bad specialized had to sue them instead of Rissie because Rissie is a crappy company that needs to go under
This thread is shocking!
I had no idea that Stratos was still in business.
I had no idea that Stratos was still in business.
I had no idea transcend had a mac!!!