Kane, (and others)
What is your take on this one?
In the US and maybe worldwide?, Accurate took out Patents so that no one else could do Dual Drags on their overhead Reels, but i think more than one manufacturer is doing it here - JM and now Maxel....
So if these Patents are in place, is Accurate looking to protect them?
Please correct me if any of the above in incorrect,

Go the maxel sea lion dual drag range., great reels and who cares bout the politics just enjoy the products:). Some great new reels comming out of all camps ATM. Seems jm is behind maxel by about 2 months.

As Kaveman said, pretty sure its a US patent...

How come avet use dual drags and sell them in the states ? And how come twin drag jigging masters are still for sale in the states ? Hhhmmmm so many questions , does anyone really care or are they just thumbing there noses at accurate and going yeah you have got a patent but na we won't stop selling our reels u silly yanky doodle Dandy

I don't know how it's quantified but I think if your design is 20% different you are good to go.

Hello,
Just seen this.
As far as I know,
Accurate have a US patent on their twin drag system.
This is not covered world wide.
Yes Accurate are taking action on anyone copying their design within the states. Regardless if anyone is stocking them they are not aloud. Accurate do take this very seriously!
The Accurate twin drag is a washer on each side of the spool.
Dual drag (Penn/Avet etc) is two washers on the same side running one washer in between plus the side of the spool.
They perform very differently.

I believe Pony (JM) uses the Maxel as a base reel and added his parts to them to make them the JM PE range that we know today. I could be totally wrong?

In regards to Maxel, This a reel manufacturing company that advertises it can make any reel with any name! There are also many more that spam me from that part of the world offering the same thing!

This happens in all industries and is another case of companies from a certain part of the world copying with cheaper labour and materials and no morals.............  
 
There was something on Fair go or the likes a few months back with Still chain saw engines......
 

Sounds pretty spot on re jm and maxel from my readings, maxel real eases the f30 2 months later pony is releasing it under a difrnt name. Much like Holden and Opel! Still great products which ever way you go!

the angler wrote: I wonder if Jm will patent there twin docking system now that accurate are copying that design .............

Here we go.

Many brands of reels had single and twin dawgs before JM. 

What one needs to do is pull JM and Accurate reels down and actually have a look.
Both do the same job but are different in design and material used. I know which I'd have.
One also needs to look at a both brands after a couple years of hard jigging and see how each has warn.

I wonder if Shimano will patent the JM Smella spools.
I wonder if Tica will patent the twin drag system they use in there dual drag game reels.
I wonder if I'll catch a Kingie at Mayor tomorrow.
I wonder if I should have lunch.
I wonder if the dog next door will stop barking.
I wonder, I wonder I do, if there are marshions on Mars driving six wheeled cars..............
 

  

Blasphemy 

Before JM developed their own reels they used to use Accurate reels and modify them with their twin docking kits because of the Accurate AR bearing failures at the high drag settings they used. They also installed longer crank arms more suited to jigging for large Kingfish and other species. Bear in mind that Accurate reels were developed with the American angler in mind and not for us Kiwis down here in Kingfish heaven.