On Saturday, September 13, 2003, at 08:27 PM, Claude Schneegans wrote: >>> I don't believe that is true. > > I got some information some time ago since I was considering a patent > (not for software ;-) and if I remember well, this was clear that you > cannot take a patent, prevent any one from using your invention and > NOT use it for your own purpose. > I don't know how long it may take, but you've got to do something with > it, otherwise you loose your rights. > >>> Further, a reasonable price is a quite a debatable thing. > > Not really: if you have offers, you just cannot refuse them all. > I am not a lawyer, but having just checked with my father --who has over 40 patents and earns a living off of them-- there is no requirement to ever license them. Further, the patent holder has the ability to let license terms and has no need to accept offers that they don't consider reasonable whether or not the rest of the world disagrees.
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