Actually this very thing happened to Atari during the first home video game boom. Atari patented hundreds of concepts (including, for example, the "joystick", "trackball", "Collision Detection", etc).
They then tried to keep competitors out of the market by claiming patent infringement but failed and were forced to license to the likes of Coleco and Magnavox. Jim Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 5:04 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: No so good news > > >>There is no law that says you must license your patent. > > Yes there are. It is one of the conditions you are granted a patent: you > must provide access to you "invention" > at a reasonable price, otherwise you may loose it. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
