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I find it hard to blame Hayes for this suit, when the litigation was
in fact initiated by the Modem Patent Defense Group in 1985.
 
Yes, I think it was prudent for most of the Modem Patent Defense Group
to settle prior to trial; rather than to lose a multi-million dollar
suit for willful patent infringement and to be slapped with punitive
damages and attorney fees. There is always a chance that the decision
will be reversed on appeal, but the initial decision seemed to be very
decisive.
 
The modem marketplace is very competitive, and Hayes' nominal
licensing fee has done nothing to change that fact. Since you hate
Hayes so much, a fashionable position <grin>, make sure that the next
modem that you buy is made by Practical Peripherals. <bigger grin>
 
IMHO, international competitiveness is dependant on invention and
innovation; and the ability to take these and develop marketable
products. (It seems all too often that the US makes the initial
invention, and then abandons it to be developed into a marketable
product by Japan.) Does Everex, for example, do much more than to cost
effectively assemble parts that were invented elsewhere?
 
I am not directly of indirectly associated with Hayes.

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