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Massey DID actually get a "jump-start" over White on the rotary combine design, but White inadvertantly "wooed" some of the Massey engineers over and basically "pirated" the technology! There were allegations (from Massey) that some engineers actually concealed thier intellectual property until they started working for White, though there were no lawsuits pertaining to this. Massey did take White Farm to court over patent infringement, but White counter-suited and the entire case stalled in the court system. Neither company had deep enough pockets to follow through with litigation, and in the end they both sank!