>>>>> "tglassey" == tglassey <[email protected]> writes: tglassey> What do you do where a patent predates any standards use of the IP. I tglassey> understand the issues of developing IP but what about IP that already existed tglassey> before the standards processes incorporated it into their work product?
I think that it depends upon whether the owner of the patent was involved in producing the standard. If not, and nobody knew of the patent, there is certainly a problem. -- ] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh networks [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | network architect [ ] [email protected] http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on rails [
