Tracy Reed wrote:
You may be right. That's just what everyone else has been saying. But
if what you make is software how do you list the patenst on the cover
of your device?
I've seen a couple, a long time ago.
What I'm saying is, given that rule, I think any judge would look
askance at someone suing you over patents they refused to disclose were
possibly being violated.
Microsoft claims Linux violates patents but hasn't requested any
license fee at all. The threat is that they will sue. And nobody,
lawyer or otherwise, has come out and said that they can't sue before
requesting a license fee. Nobody seems to be able to come up with any
way to clear Linux's good name or make Microsoft show their cards.
Sure. But once it gets to court, you're going to have a sympathetic jury.
It seems one shouldn't have to guess that the probability of being
sued is low and use that to assure one's customers and investors.
Then do the patent searches. You need to do that with hardware or
anything else, also.
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