On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 16:37, John Summerfield wrote: > Why would any other country honour US patent laws? US patents are for the US, not > other countries. > > This attitude so many Americans have that what's good for the US is good > for every else really cheeses others off. Each country has its own > culture, its own laws, its own way of doing things. Much of US law is of > little relevance to many countries: what need does the Solomon Is have > for law to regulate the conduct of its large multinational corporations? > Who does patent law benefit? Principally, large multinational > corporations. > > > Don't assume a US patent holds even in such a US-friendly country as > Australia. >
No assumption made. No insinuation that I agreed one way or the other or even give a rat's ass. It just seems odd to me that IBM (a US Corporation that many nations benefit from) would farm out tech jobs to countries that would not commit to protecting what they see as their "property" - it's a point, not an argument. Sorry if that was so vague.
