Segway May Face Patent Trouble In Japan

A Japanese robotics professor claims the Segway Human Transporter resembles a patented machine he invented 15 years ago.

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January 15, 2002, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The Segway is essentially a motorized parallel bicycle, with wheels side by side instead of front to back. If they claim that they did it first, it wouldn't be fair to me or my university. We did the research."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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