Jim, it seems to me that Rick would have been under contract with Shooting Times stating that any thing written or developed while working for Shooting Times would remain the property of Shooting Times. Same going for any development work done directly for Winchester or whom ever! If that wasn't the case shame on them. If Rick did the developement work and wasn't restricted by any such clause. Then he deserves his fair share, in both moneys and credit. On a side note back in the 80's and 90's the art of patent infringment grew all out of proporten. One case was with Catipillar I believe and their logo. And the rampant stealing of dot.com's that had be neglectfully not renewed. Even Bill Gates found this out when Microsoft.com had been forgotten about. The guy that re-registered it turned back around and sold it to him for $10, he had done it as a prank. Others weren't so lucky. I thought they had passed laws against such tactics. So the only thing I can see is that if the courts ruled in Ricks favor, then they must of had good cause. Or a settlement was reached to avoid bad publicty, high cost of a court battle, and possible large jury award. This also has turned into a new scam. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Phil
