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Article #42681Patent protections (was Re: Software Patents)
From: Mark H. Nodine
Date: Wed, 17 May 1989 16:12
Date: Wed, 17 May 1989 16:12
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This problem of patents not being any protector to the little guy who is an innovator is not new. As it happens, my grandfather had the patent on the process by which all zippers are currently manufactured. He never made any money on it because there was no way he could outspend the big guys to uphold the patent in court. --Mark
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