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Article #2464Re: PKP patents (legal question)
From: Bruce Schneier
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 16:03
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 16:03
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In article <168C761F.UC445585@mizzou1.missouri.edu> UC445585@mizzou1.missouri.edu (John M. Kelsey) writes: > Does PKP hold patents to *all* forms of public-key cryptology, including >those methods still undiscovered? Or do they simply hold the patent to >all public key methods currently known? Or neither? PKP claims that patent 4,218,582 covers the very concept of public-key cryptography, and hence applies to all methods discovered and undiscovered. Many disupte this claim, although it has never been tested in the courts. Want to be a test case? Bruce
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uchinews!machine!chinet!schneier From: schneier@chinet.chi.il.us (Bruce Schneier) Subject: Re: PKP patents (legal question) Message-ID: <BzrtxJ.18s@chinet.chi.il.us> Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX References: <168C761F.UC445585@mizzou1.missouri.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 16:03:18 GMT Lines: 13