At 1:37 PM -0500 on 2/7/00, Marcel Popescu wrote:
> If an application is developed in another country, where the patent isn't
> registered, do you still need to pay for it if you use the application in
> the US? I have nothing against Brands or Chaum (I admire them, in fact), but
> this patent-frenzy has gone way too far...
That's really not the problem. The problem is that the reserve account sits
in a bank in the US. Thus it's attachable for any enfringement action. More
to the point, no instutional custodian bank (which you need to act as a
trustee, at least the way *I* want to do things, YMMV), is gonna screw
around with someone who's violating a patent.
Walk in the front door. Make the most money. :-).
Cheers,
RAH
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