Re: Boycott on Unisys still effective

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From: Paul Shirley
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 05:08

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arl@news.IntNet.net "Al Lipscomb" writes:

>The patent system needs some work. Maybe a use it or lose it type rule
>could be applied. If the company is not producing a product that uses the
>patented idea then the patent is canceled. Or if my use of the idea is
>not in direct competition with their product then all I would have to do
>is pay a small flat fee (like $10) to register to use their idea in my
>commercial product (no fee for freeware).

British patent law already has something vaguely like this... its possible
to lose rights to a patent if you don't use it AND don't allow it to be
used (charging unreasonable licence fees would probably count)


--
Paul Shirley: SemiProfessional Coffee & Chocolate Taster

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