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TASC Chess System logo [1] TASC B.V., (Tasc) [2]
The Advanced Software Company, a Dutch company dedicated to development of chess related products, software and hardware. Located in Rotterdam, TASC is owned by Wil Sparreboom [3].
Patent Infringement
In 1994, TASC, and their primary US distributor ICD Corporation were impeached by a New Jersey company, Brehn Corporation [5], due to patent infringement. According to a New York federal court, TASC took the patented concept of piece recognition for their SmartBoard, invented by Bruce F. Bogner [6] [7], and used it without permission and despite signing non-disclosure agreements. The judge ordered TASC to pay $581,000 [8] [9] [10], the affected boards and computers disappeared from the market soon after, and TASC B.V. became practically defunct in the early 2000s [11].
Forum Posts
- TASCBOARD by Arjen Oudheusden, CCC, November 26, 1998
- Re: Tasc R30 v 2.5? by Steven Schwartz, CCC, September 08, 1999
- Re: What happened to TASC? by Steven Schwartz, CCC, October 27, 2001
- support for tasc board by Vincent Diepeveen, CCC, January 29, 2005
- The patent that killed Tasc by Ismenio Sousa, Chess Computer Community Forum, May 10, 2005
External Links
- Tasc.ChessSystem Home (archived version by Ismenio Sousa)
Ismenio's archive of the Tasc Chess System Ismenio's archive of the Tasc Chess System - SmartBoard
References
- ↑ Tasc.ChessSystem Home (archived version by Ismenio Sousa)
- ↑ Besloten Vennootschap (BV) from Wikipedia
- ↑ Wil Sparreboom - LinkedIn
- ↑ Chess Tutor & Chessica - Products - New In Chess
- ↑ Brehn Corp, Margate City, New Jersey NJ - Engineering Services
- ↑ Patent US5129654 - Electronic game apparatus - Google Patents
- ↑ Re: Tasc R30 v 2.5? by Robert Hyatt, CCC, September 08, 1999
- ↑ Re: What happened to TASC? by Steven Schwartz, CCC, October 27, 2001
- ↑ PlainSite :: Flashlight :: Case No. 1:94-cv-03770-JEI: BREHN CORPORATION v. TASC BV, et al.
- ↑ United States District Court S.D. New York, BREHN CORPORATION (Plaintiff), TASC BV, A FOREIGN CORPORATION, I.C.D. Corporation and U.S. Chess Federation (Defendants), September 23, 1997 (pdf)
- ↑ Re: To Johan de Koning: Please convince Tasc to begin production of the R30! by Johan de Koning, CCC, May 24, 2003