Re: Patents (was Re: Copyrights)

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From: Eric Giguere
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 1990 21:07

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In article <9008061955.AA14545@stc06.CTD.ORNL.GOV> de5@STC06.CTD.ORNL.GOV (SILL D E) writes:
>So what?  There was a successful hardware industry before patents
>existed, too.  That's not the point.  There were *many* secrets
>carried to the grave with the inventor. 

This comment seems to imply that patents are a relatively recent invention.
You might want to check a copy of your own constitution....

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Eric Giguere                                       giguere@csg.UWaterloo.CA

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From: giguere@csg.uwaterloo.ca (Eric Giguere)
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Subject: Re: Patents (was Re: Copyrights)
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