* Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Jan 14 18:11 -0600]:
> Negative. AEA has not folded nor did they sell any rights to any of their
> products to this Spectral company from Argentina. What happened is that the
> original owner of AEA sold the digital product designs to Timewave and the
> antenna products to Tempo Corp. including the Isopole, Isoloop, and antenna
> analyzers. Tempo later sold the product line to a private owner who still owns
> a significant portion of the company today. Spectral came along about 5 years
> ago with their stainless steel version of the Isopole and have been boldly
> marketing it ever since. The current AEA company simply can not afford the
> legal fees associated with sueing Spectral so they've taken no action. The
> current AEA has focused on the analyzer products making significant
> improvements and doing quite well in several markets. I have loads of Isopole
> info stuffed away. I'll try to find it, scan it, and get it over to Mike.
Looking over Spectral's site, I'm not sure what the current holder
could sue over except, perhaps, trademark infringement by using the
Isopole name. My limited understanding of trademark law is that a
rights holder must defend the trademark or lose it. I do recall that
AEA (or somebody) held a patent on the Isopole when I bought mine in
1985 which should have expired some time ago.
It's unfortunate that the follow on rights holder never did produce the
AEA Isopole. Had I known the future when AEA was disolved, I would
have laid my hands on a couple.
All that aside, has anyone tried the Spectral Isopole? I'd be curious
to know how they compare to the AEA classic.
73, de Nate >>
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