I'm a bit new to this whole thing... I thought the discussion was to alert people who used a tool they bought with reasonable expectation that it was legitimate to use, that it was being threatened by a lawsuit. Frankly, I didn't bother with the specific patent info because that is way beyond me. What is relevant to me is whether I'll be able to continue using a tool that is an important part of my daily existence, or whether I'm going to be *forced* to spend thousands to get the same function. If this discussion board isn't the right place for that information to be shared, where is??
I'm neither a lawyer nor a seasoned pro in this field (or at least, my hard drive has never been subpoenaed... gosh, I feel like such a newbie...) but I keep thinking if I drive a Ford, and Ford is being sued by Honda for a patent infringement, and some other car owners and I have a discussion about this, have we opened ourselves up to legal action? Even if we operate car repair shops... can't we talk about this? Or is the mode of discussion (i.e., a professional organization)? I'm actually curious about this, quite apart from also wanting to know what all this means for me being able to continue to use my favorite prototyping tool. Nancy On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:51 AM, Janne Kaasalainen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > The lawyers have briefed us as well that it's just better not to know, and > not to search for patent related information while developing anything. > Hazy, nasty, and quite sad matter of state, but that's how it goes over here > at least. > > Hmm, that's just sad. Maybe it's the world that needs changing then?.. >> > > > I personally wait for the day that the whole maddening IP-system gets a > major revamp. > > > -Janne > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
