Quote Originally Posted by homie452 View Post
why did lowrance ss-1 come out on the market with DOWNSCAN on november 23rd and then in late january humminbird came out with a "update to their unit to give the downscan option??? then in febuary claim copywright infrindgement on lowrance???
maybe its cause the lowrance blew them out of the water and they are making millions of dollors ???
its all about the money! now if they put their heads togeather an come up with something inovative to catch our attension an better both products the fisherman is the one who will bennefit rather han argue who made it first right?
I understand your confusion on this. Turns out that Humminbird filled for a patent on their Side Imaging back in late-2006/early-2007, and has been jumping through hoops since then to get their patent approved PROPERLY. We all know how quick the government works. Haha. But anyway, I think January 26ish (yes, a month ago) Humminbird FINALLY got the patent approved, and the next day filled a lawsuit. This can be found on an update on the stock market news page. As far as the Down Scan/Down Imaging deal, Lowrance did come out with it first, but I think Humminbird already had it in the works, and not sure if Navico has a patent on Lowrance's Down Scan, but technically, this evolved out of Side Imaging technology. Sort of a messed up deal.