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Article #73896Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication
From: Sean Casey
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1991 12:45
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1991 12:45
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Don't forget that being taken to court isn't the only thing a patent holder can do that's Evil (tm). They can threaten people, they can cross-license so the little guy is left out, etc. Just because Mark Williams hasn't hauled anyone into court doesn't mean they can't--or haven't--chilled the industry with their misbegotten monopoly on an obvious idea. Sean -- ** Sean Casey <sean@s.ms.uky.edu> ** Recent subject line in comp.sys.handhelds: Printing BIG GROBS
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9a4c815047ed049b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-19 06:11:22 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!rex!ukma!sean From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication Message-ID: <1991Jul19.124534.7592@ms.uky.edu> Date: 19 Jul 91 12:45:34 GMT References: <8061@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1991Jul16.130413.10616@news.larc.nasa.gov> <1991Jul16.211832.6685@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Jul19.073809.18997@cs.yale.edu> Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY Lines: 13