eGO - who is the patent holder?

[2ndChanceVapor]

I have been talking with the eGO manufacturer Joyetech. They state they hold the patent for the eGO and Janty is a distributor for their products. On several places on the Janty website they say that they are the designer and manufacturer of their products. If Janty is the designer/patent holder/manufacturer for the eGO, how is Joyetech selling the same product to Totally Wicked (tornado) as well.

[blindsoup]

good question....

[Thyestean]

Janty designed the eGo. Joye manufactures it.

[muttSRT]

Janty designed the eGo. Joye manufactures it.

+1..............

[aphlaque_duck]

I have been talking with the eGO manufacturer Joyetech. They state they hold the patent for the eGO and Janty is a distributor for their products. On several places on the Janty website they say that they are the designer and manufacturer of their products. If Janty is the designer/patent holder/manufacturer for the eGO, how is Joyetech selling the same product to Totally Wicked (tornado) as well.

For several reasons, I find it inconceivable that a patent would have been issued for it. What's the #?

For something that is essentially a cosmetic improvement over existing products, you might be able to claim "trade dress" protection, but that's it.

[DonDaBoomVape]

The eGO is hardly a cosmetic improvement. It is a unique, improved battery. The cone might be dismissed as cosmetic, but it too is unique.

[candre23]

If a patent exists, it would be quickly overturned in a court case. The ego doesn't bring anything new or patentable to the table, except maybe the cone, which Cisco actually did first.

[aphlaque_duck]

The eGO is hardly a cosmetic improvement. It is a unique, improved battery. The cone might be dismissed as cosmetic, but it too is unique.

I wasn't knocking its performance - I have one and love it. But what specific features do you think are innovative and patentable? The cone is the only thing I can possibly imagine and that is quite a stretch.

[DC2]

Posting to follow this thread, just because...

However, thowing in my couple of pennies, no innovation here?
Is that what some of you are saying?

Those batteries are what many have been asking for, for a long time.
Long life in a smaller size.

Did they do nothing worthy of a patent in designing that?

[candre23]

Those batteries are what many have been asking for, for a long time.
Long life in a smaller size.

Did they do nothing worthy of a patent in designing that?

Nope. They didn't invent a new type of battery or anything, they just stuck a slightly larger li-ion cell into a slightly larger tube. You can't just scale up an existing design and call it new. And besides, they're hardly the first manufacturer to stick a larger li-ion cell in a larger tube anyway. Replaceable-cell mods have been doing that since the beginning. Deciding to make the battery non-replaceable is not "innovation" by any means.