On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 03:53:00PM -0500, Glenn Maynard wrote: > "Because of this, lawyers routinely advise their clients to avoid > reading patents in areas they are working in. The danger posed by the > willful infringement doctrine is seen as outweighing any benefit that > can be gained from reading patents."
Does it bother anyone else that this completely subverts the point of having patents in the first place? Richard Braakman