Same concept when Ford tried to steal a guy's intermittent-wiper idea.
Ford claimed that the inventor had no grounds to sue them because though he came up with the "intermittent" concept, he didn't invent the resistors, transistors, etc. that were used in his idea.
Ford ended up losing.
The inventor used the argument on the stand, that even though Charles Dickens didn't invent any of the words in his books, he was still able to bind and copyright his work as "His work".
Ever seen the movie "Flash of Genius"?
Same concept when Ford tried to steal a guy's intermittent-wiper idea.
Ford claimed that the inventor had no grounds to sue them because though he came up with the "intermittent" concept, he didn't invent the resistors, transistors, etc. that were used in his idea.
Ford ended up losing.
The inventor used the argument on the stand, that even though Charles Dickens didn't invent any of the words in his books, he was still able to bind and copyright his work as "His work".