Curtiss wouldn't have had to try to circumvent them. At best the issue is conflicted.
Hard to see Curtiss interplane ailerons being the same as a wing warp to a patent court, anywhere. Same for Farman trailing edge designs.
And the Wrights were dicks, [FONT=arial,helvetica] French flier Louis Paulhan had his airplanes he wanted to fly in the USA impounded at first due to possessing Ailerons in 1910
Orville wanted 20% Royalties on any craft with Roll Control.
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