On Thu, December 7, 2006 11:17 am, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: >> On Thu, December 7, 2006 10:07 am, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: >>> Lan Barnes wrote: >>>> IANAL but I think Todd has a valid point. My understanding is that if >>>> you >>>> have a patent and don't defend it vigorously against what you consider >>>> infringement, then after a while you have said to the world that it is >>>> not >>>> infringement (or defensible). >>> Two words: UNISYS GIF >>> >>> -john >>> >>> >> >> Four words: What dies that mean? ;-) > > Unisys did not enforce their patent for many years. Then, suddenly, > they decided to. > > Thus, vigorous enforcement is not required condition for retaining a > patent. > > -a
Yeah, that point's been made in the thread. I told you IANAL. Neither are most of you IIRC. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
