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Article #1631Re: Patents on Microchannel
From: Mark Robert Thorson
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1989 00:00
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1989 00:00
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> But seriously what are the legalities of marking things with patents, you > obviously have to do it for copyright, one often sees patent numbers listed > on manufactured objects, is this just intended to discourage the competition > or to snow the consumer. Can I write 'Pat. Pending' on anything? > > > Paul Campbell UUCP: ..!mtxinu!taniwha!paul AppleLink: D3213 You must mark the patent number in order to enforce your patent rights. There are laws and court decisions which define how legible these markings must be. You can only put 'Pat. Pending' on an object which would be covered under a patent application which has been filed, but for which no final action has been taken by the patent office.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!ctrsol!ginosko!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!mmm From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Patents on Microchannel Message-ID: <20660@cup.portal.com> Date: 22 Jul 89 00:00:30 GMT References: <20558@cup.portal.com> <396@taniwha.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 13