Re: Brinks Home Security files Civil Suit against Jim Rojas & www.tech-man.com

["Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms>]

> They can huff and puff all they like.

You're going to wipe the floor with them.  BTW, as to the tortious interference claim, that's also bogus.  Nowhere do they even
allege that you have enticed any current customer to breach a contract with them.

Erasing or over-writing firmware does not constitute copyright infringement any more than burning one of their manuals.  Since
you're not copying and distributing the firmware there's no infringement.  If I understand things correctly, you receive a panel
with the firmware intact, erase or modify the lockout code and send it back to it's (presumptive) owner.  That isn't a copyright
infringement either since you're not holding the thing for sale.

The allegation that by reselling a panel you are infringing a copyright on the "firmware" therein is also bogus since it is integral
to the hardware.  That would be like Ford saying that by reselling it's cars you've stolen the copyrighted firmware in the engine
computer.

The biggest problem for you is going to be hiring a Texas lawyer and/or going there occasionally.  No one in his right mind would
want to go there (let alone live there).