Talk:George B. Selden

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Wow, thank you for the great article.

This stunning defeat, with only 1 year left to run on the patent, destroyed Selden's income stream.

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It is estimated he received several hundred thousand dollars in royalties, but, of course, missed out on a potential income of millions.

I don't understand the conclusion that he missed out on a large income. The defeat came with only 1 year left on the patent. So his income stream would have been "destroyed" only one year later anyway, no?Mike Linksvayer 19:27, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't he have received back payments for the the time his patent have been in effect, and yet Ford had paid no royalties? --CalPaterson 19:48, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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