Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

[ZincFinger]

A major reason I've really hesitated to establish a position in this company is the question of just how good (or otherwise) is it's IP lock on what it's doing? I can see no reason why some other company could not at any time develop another alloy as good or even superior.

In addition what company owns/will own the IP on the special injectin molding apparatus that will be so central to the technology: LMQT or the company it's contracting to do the injection molding. It appears that that company is doing the development of the molds. So it will own that IP. And if some other company develops a competing alloy it would be free to produce theirs as well.

While there is ALWAYS in high tech the potential for another company to develop a better product, the bar to another company doing so appears to be far lower here than is usually the case. The possible combinations of allows is virtually infinite and I've seen no indication whatsoever that LMQT has discovered some underlying principle that allows it to patent the whole range of possibilities that would work. from what I've seen it's IP is based rather on specific alloys. That leaves much greater potential for others to develop improvements. And should the product be highly successful, many will try.