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Article #72039The cost of SW patents
From: Russell Nelson
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1992 14:53
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1992 14:53
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In article <36514@ogicse.ogi.edu> morgan@ogicse.cse.ogi.edu writes: > "If we don't file a patent for this product before it's introduced, > then any number of companies could duplicate the product, file a > patent application, and force us to pay royalties for our original > work." Nope. They could publish a description of the patentable matter. That won't help them if *someone else* has already filed a patent application on their product, but of course they're screwed in any case then. -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> I'm proud to be a humble Quaker! Crynwr Software Crynwr Software sells packet driver support. 11 Grant St. 315-268-1925 Voice Potsdam, NY 13676 315-268-9201 FAX
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,c49ad45ad13bf04b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-04-21 07:53:14 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!crynwr!nelson From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: The cost of SW patents Distribution: world Message-ID: <703867994snx@crynwr.com> References: <36514@ogicse.ogi.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 92 14:53:14 GMT Organization: Crynwr Software Lines: 16