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A Brazilian/German has finally won his battle against Sony and can now legally call himself the inventor of the walkman.

One part of the article describes how all the manufactures called him crazy in the 70s…

“I filed my first patent a complete innocent, thinking it would be a simple matter, 12 months or so, to establish my ownership and begin production,” he said at the house where he first conceived of the device. “I never imagined that it would end up consuming so much time and taking me away from my real interests in life.”

Portable stereo’s creator got his due, eventually - International Herald Tribune

technorati tags: sony, walkman, invention, andreas pavel, pavel

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