Donald Duck: Patent Foiler

August Yang wintermute at speakeasy.net
Fri Feb 18 17:18:00 CET 2011


http://www.iusmentis.com/patents/priorart/donaldduck/

Apparently, someone figured out a way to raise sunken ships using 
"smaller, more buoyant bodies" and was awarded patents in 1965 in the UK 
and Germany.  They tried to get a Dutch patent as well, but the Dutch 
refused the patent because there was "prior art": a 1945 Carl Barks 
Donald Duck story.

Incidentally, sorry about my last e-mail subject.  That should have read 
"Warren Spector to Pen Ducktales _Comic_" not Game.

August Paul Yang
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