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Thursday, 26 April 2012
Diamont Noir Becomes Licensee of Duncan’s Counterweight Patent
Direct from Duncan
"Singapore based yo-yo manufacturer Diamont Noir is now the second yo-yo company to license Duncan's patent for yo-yo counterweights and yo-yos that include a counterweight (Patent #6371824). Diamont Noir's president Iskandar Shah is a well known counterweight yo-yo player who took first place at the 2005 Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championship, 2007-2011 Singapore National Yo-Yo Championships, and the 2011 Bali International Yo-Yo Open Championship using two counterweights attached to the yo-yo. This style is known as "Double Dice" or "Double D" style of counterweight yo-yo play.
Diamont Noir's first models to include counterweights are named "Celestial" and "Celestial Deuxieme". Both models will include a special counterweight system that allows the player to customize their counterweight preference.
We are excited to work with Diamont Noir and look forward to seeing them push the Freehand/5A/Counterweight style of yo-yo play to new levels!"
Monday, 8 August 2011
Friday, 22 July 2011
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Sunday, 29 August 2010
Duncan 5A issue
for anyone out there who have doubts.
here's 2 links to what Brandon Jackson and Steve Brown have to say about it.
i also copied and pasted the whole article here because you never know when they're gonna be deleted or stuff like that... now before u start reading. these are just for your information, so stop hating, do your stuff, practice more.
here's 2 links to what Brandon Jackson and Steve Brown have to say about it.
i also copied and pasted the whole article here because you never know when they're gonna be deleted or stuff like that... now before u start reading. these are just for your information, so stop hating, do your stuff, practice more.
Hello Everyone,
As many of you have heard, Duncan Toys has recently had to protect our patent for counterweights, and counterweight play with YYF. I haven't been able to respond as the threads that discuss this have been quickly edited/deleted/locked before I had a chance to see them.
I'd like to bring you up to speed with the facts regarding the rumors you are hearing. As you all know, Duncan holds ownership of the patent for the “Freehand Method of Yoyo Play”. Steve Brown is the inventor and he sold the rights to the patent to Duncan in exchange for royalty payments. It is Duncan’s duty to keep an eye out around the yo-yo industry for companies that may be infringing on our patent because the patent is only as good as our willingness to defend it. Because of this we recently notified YYF that we took issue with their marketing “spin top buttons” as counterweights and also YYF using the counterweight style of play in their instructional videos that they sell and use to promote their brand. This is a good example of another company benefiting from a patent that Duncan holds and we would take similar issues with ANY company that tried to benefit from our patent.
A rumor being spread is that Duncan is trying to kill the 5A Division and sue anyone that competes in 5A or holds a contest with a 5A division if the people that are competing are not using a Duncan yo-yo. The rumor additionally is that if Duncan insists that every individual uses a Duncan yo-yo (and no other yoyo) that it makes the 5A division not an “open” division and thus it can no longer be a division.
Here is the real story: Duncan is changing NOTHING in regards to how we police the FH/CW/5A patent. We are treating this the same as we always have. It is our official stance that we will not hold any individuals accountable for using yo-yos other than Duncan in 5A performances or competitions. This goes for individuals as well as sponsored players from other yo-yo companies and thus has always maintained the “open-ness” of the 5A division. These individuals are not a problem for us and have never been a problem for us. We do take issue if a company decides to sell a product that violates our patent and we do take issue if a company uses the patent to market their own brand of yo-yos.
At the end of the day what it all boils down to is we felt YYF was getting too close to the patent, we said Aye! Stop that! They agreed to, and are taking things seriously to cover their butts.
Steve did a really good job of laying out the hard facts here.
As many of you have heard, Duncan Toys has recently had to protect our patent for counterweights, and counterweight play with YYF. I haven't been able to respond as the threads that discuss this have been quickly edited/deleted/locked before I had a chance to see them.
I'd like to bring you up to speed with the facts regarding the rumors you are hearing. As you all know, Duncan holds ownership of the patent for the “Freehand Method of Yoyo Play”. Steve Brown is the inventor and he sold the rights to the patent to Duncan in exchange for royalty payments. It is Duncan’s duty to keep an eye out around the yo-yo industry for companies that may be infringing on our patent because the patent is only as good as our willingness to defend it. Because of this we recently notified YYF that we took issue with their marketing “spin top buttons” as counterweights and also YYF using the counterweight style of play in their instructional videos that they sell and use to promote their brand. This is a good example of another company benefiting from a patent that Duncan holds and we would take similar issues with ANY company that tried to benefit from our patent.
A rumor being spread is that Duncan is trying to kill the 5A Division and sue anyone that competes in 5A or holds a contest with a 5A division if the people that are competing are not using a Duncan yo-yo. The rumor additionally is that if Duncan insists that every individual uses a Duncan yo-yo (and no other yoyo) that it makes the 5A division not an “open” division and thus it can no longer be a division.
Here is the real story: Duncan is changing NOTHING in regards to how we police the FH/CW/5A patent. We are treating this the same as we always have. It is our official stance that we will not hold any individuals accountable for using yo-yos other than Duncan in 5A performances or competitions. This goes for individuals as well as sponsored players from other yo-yo companies and thus has always maintained the “open-ness” of the 5A division. These individuals are not a problem for us and have never been a problem for us. We do take issue if a company decides to sell a product that violates our patent and we do take issue if a company uses the patent to market their own brand of yo-yos.
At the end of the day what it all boils down to is we felt YYF was getting too close to the patent, we said Aye! Stop that! They agreed to, and are taking things seriously to cover their butts.
Steve did a really good job of laying out the hard facts here.
If anyone has questions, I would love to answer them for you. I can be reached at Brandon@yo-yo.com
Steve Brown's. link listed in the article above.
Here's the deal:
Duncan has recently decided to more noticeably enforce my patent. The patent is for "Yo-Yo and Method For Using A Yo-Yo". So the patent not only covers the equipment, but the style of play.
Earlier this week, I spoke with a lawyer to get a firm idea of what that covers. As it was explained to me, it is illegal for any yo-yo company in the United States, Germany, or Switzerland (where the patent is active) to benefit from:
- Advertising their yo-yos as good for counterweight play
- Advertising their players as counterweight champions
- Sponsoring yo-yo events with a counterweight division
- Selling any item that is marketed as or may be reasonable construed as a counterweight
- Anything that can be reasonably construed as benefiting from the counterweight patent
Duncan has stated that they have no intention of preventing players from competing with whatever they want. But they CAN legally block any company from promoting their players as counterweight players or champions, because that is another company benefiting from the method of play covered in my patent. Duncan has stated they have no intention of preventing anyone from sponsoring a contest, but they have also stated that they will not allow any other company to benefit from the counterweight patent. These two statements are in conflict, and as such Duncan will need to sort this out as soon as possible with the major contest organizers.
No yo-yo company can teach counterweight play, because that is using counterweight play to promote their brand. Hence, the disappearance of the YoYo Factory instructional videos.
I have not been privy to any of the conversations between Duncan and YoYo Factory. I have no idea what was said, I have not seen any paperwork. I was advised by YoYo Factory, who is my product sponsor, that the patent was being enforced. I consulted a lawyer on my own to get a clearer definition of this.
Right now, there are clearly some legal issues that need to be discussed between Duncan and all contest organizers in the United States, Germany, and Switzerland. How Duncan will handle this is pure speculation, and without word from them there's no point in trying to guess.
I have many opinions on the matter, on both sides, and zero interest in airing any of them. Amazingly enough, I've chosen to speak directly to Duncan about them instead of airing them on a message board where it's not going to change anything or do any good. The simple fact of the matter is that Duncan owns something and they are protecting it from their competition. When I signed the assignment paperwork I gave up all right to decision-making on how they manage that piece of property.
In the meantime, Duncan is handling their business. YoYo Factory is handling their business. Everyone is obeying the law, and moving forward in the manner they see fit as best for their company.
There is no reason to boycott anyone. There is no reason to drag out your old grudges and shake them around in the air.
If you have issue with YoYo Factory, e-mail them. If you have issue with Duncan, e-mail them. If you want to utilize this patent in some way, contact Duncan about licensing it. To my knowledge, they are willing to entertain licensing proposals.
Otherwise, you are posting just to hear yourself speak. You are not accomplishing anything other than giving me a bunch of mindless crap to delete and a strong inclination towards kicking you out for being needlessly irritating and willfully ignorant.
Now behave yourselves, and please try being helpful and useful instead of bickering over how much you hate Company X and love Company Y. I've been listening to that same argument for 15 years and amazingly enough, the only thing that's changed are the company names.
Move along, please.
Duncan has recently decided to more noticeably enforce my patent. The patent is for "Yo-Yo and Method For Using A Yo-Yo". So the patent not only covers the equipment, but the style of play.
Earlier this week, I spoke with a lawyer to get a firm idea of what that covers. As it was explained to me, it is illegal for any yo-yo company in the United States, Germany, or Switzerland (where the patent is active) to benefit from:
- Advertising their yo-yos as good for counterweight play
- Advertising their players as counterweight champions
- Sponsoring yo-yo events with a counterweight division
- Selling any item that is marketed as or may be reasonable construed as a counterweight
- Anything that can be reasonably construed as benefiting from the counterweight patent
Duncan has stated that they have no intention of preventing players from competing with whatever they want. But they CAN legally block any company from promoting their players as counterweight players or champions, because that is another company benefiting from the method of play covered in my patent. Duncan has stated they have no intention of preventing anyone from sponsoring a contest, but they have also stated that they will not allow any other company to benefit from the counterweight patent. These two statements are in conflict, and as such Duncan will need to sort this out as soon as possible with the major contest organizers.
No yo-yo company can teach counterweight play, because that is using counterweight play to promote their brand. Hence, the disappearance of the YoYo Factory instructional videos.
I have not been privy to any of the conversations between Duncan and YoYo Factory. I have no idea what was said, I have not seen any paperwork. I was advised by YoYo Factory, who is my product sponsor, that the patent was being enforced. I consulted a lawyer on my own to get a clearer definition of this.
Right now, there are clearly some legal issues that need to be discussed between Duncan and all contest organizers in the United States, Germany, and Switzerland. How Duncan will handle this is pure speculation, and without word from them there's no point in trying to guess.
I have many opinions on the matter, on both sides, and zero interest in airing any of them. Amazingly enough, I've chosen to speak directly to Duncan about them instead of airing them on a message board where it's not going to change anything or do any good. The simple fact of the matter is that Duncan owns something and they are protecting it from their competition. When I signed the assignment paperwork I gave up all right to decision-making on how they manage that piece of property.
In the meantime, Duncan is handling their business. YoYo Factory is handling their business. Everyone is obeying the law, and moving forward in the manner they see fit as best for their company.
There is no reason to boycott anyone. There is no reason to drag out your old grudges and shake them around in the air.
If you have issue with YoYo Factory, e-mail them. If you have issue with Duncan, e-mail them. If you want to utilize this patent in some way, contact Duncan about licensing it. To my knowledge, they are willing to entertain licensing proposals.
Otherwise, you are posting just to hear yourself speak. You are not accomplishing anything other than giving me a bunch of mindless crap to delete and a strong inclination towards kicking you out for being needlessly irritating and willfully ignorant.
Now behave yourselves, and please try being helpful and useful instead of bickering over how much you hate Company X and love Company Y. I've been listening to that same argument for 15 years and amazingly enough, the only thing that's changed are the company names.
Move along, please.
meanwhile, Freehand, Counter-Weight, 5A lovers, check out this site if you haven't heard/read bout it.
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
SY Adegle 5A Trick Contest *UPDATED*
Alright, here goes.
Singapore Yoing Adegle 5A trick Contest.
Winner gets a Adegle N23.5°!
this is different from the one i got, this is BeadBlasted!
the color is brighter too, its just so nice!
how do u win this?
*UPDATE*
many say they can't post the entry as comment, i have no idea why... so i've upload a picture video on youtube, PLEASE submit your entry as a video response to the video here:
also, some small changes, deadline extended, etc
☻first of all, contest open to worldwide, yes.
（是全世界都能參加的！）
☻film a single 5A trick or combo you think will wow us, inspire us, etc.
（請拍攝一個令人驚訝或是新概念的5A trick或是combo）
☻no fancy editing, its the trick/combo, not the editing and effect.
（影片不需使用任何華麗的特效，比的是招式而不是影片編輯能力）
☻multiple entries are allowed.
（一人可投稿多個影片）
☻no time limit, if u got a 1min combo, go ahead, but pls don't waste time for intro, its the trick we're looking at ;)
（無時限制！你要做1分鐘combo也行！但是就不要浪費時間在介紹你的combo了）
☻its 5A, double dice are allowed, heck even triple if u can do it, but no "9A" please.
（雙骰是許可的，如果你能用三骰也行！但是請別使用9A...9A就是4A球+5A繩）
☻post your entry as video response to the youtube video embedded above.
DO TAKE NOTE: Only video response to the video below will be considered an entry!
（請以回應影片（上方連結）方式來發表你的影片以當作參賽依據
請特別注意：唯有以影片方式回應此影片，才算是報名成功！）
☻entry closing 31 Dec 2009 11:59pm (GMT+08:00)
（截止日為2009年12月31日晚 上11：59）
☻**if your entry happen to be the only entry in this whole contest, that does not mean you win, look at rule 2, trick that wow us, etc. i really hope 5A players push the limit rather than just wacking a beesting to "try their luck". thanks!
（如果在這比賽中，你是唯一的參賽者的話，並不代表你贏了這場比賽，請參閱規則2 （請拍攝一個令人驚訝或是新概念的5A trick或是combo）
我真的希望參賽的5A玩家能將5A玩法推至極限而拿到這個獎品，而並非只是碰碰運氣！謝謝）
here, simple and nice.
do keep checking back just in case there's any minor changes made~
thanks Lin-Kai for the proper chinese translation~
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