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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5238011" data-attributes="member: 35909">First of all, it can't really be a patent or anything like that... he never actually made a working light saber.  Copyright I suppose.  But...those movies came out decades ago!  Don't patents and copyrights expire after a while?!  if it's more of a "registered trademark" issue...then AFAIK, as long as the company itself does nothing to compare it to a lightsaber or call it one, there's no wrongdoing.  I'm not a lawyer, though, could be completely wrong.Second of all...they can't possibly have any sort of real claim to this.  I've seen SO many actual light saber knock offs in other media.  Not some handheld laser that is in no way distinguishably sword length or even useful for swinging around and making slashing motions.  I mean actual beam sabers!  Gundam Wing anime and many other Gundams use them, for instance.  If Lucasfilms really can sue over this laser, what's prevented them from suing these other representations?Third...the handles in that sample picture all look very different from each other, aside from being about the same length (enough for a hand or two to hold it) and cylindrical.  So no, the handle on the laser doesn't look like a blatant ripoff of a lightsaber to me.  It could have just as easily been a sleek flashlight.[sblock]Some of the designs actually look like something else, too.  Not sure if I can say what they reminded me of without offending Eric's grandma.  But let's just say I'm a little hungry right now, and some dill pickles would do to abate that hunger.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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