Re: The cost of SW patents

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From: Barry Margolin
Date: Sat, 09 May 1992 08:24

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In article <ART.92May7172355@andros.Cayman.COM> art@Cayman.COM (Art Mellor) writes:
>How 'bout this one? They file for the patent, receive it and turn the
>rights to it over to some organization (FSF?) that promises never to
>enforce it.

That still costs them $10K.  The point of my suggestion was that it is
possible to prevent someone from patenting something you invented in
cheaper ways than getting your own patent for it.
-- 
Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

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