On Sunday 17 June 2007, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > > Somewhere on the net a read that the MS patents (in that regards all > > US patents) does not apply outside US. Is that true?!!? > > It is true. For example, that is how Swedish Ericsson was able to make > telephones without paying any royalties way back when: Bell forgot to > get a patent in Sweden.
Except I believe that now days, there are several patent treaties where signatories agree to honor the patents of other countries. Some of these are bilateral, but others cover large numbers of countries. http://www.bitlaw.com/source/treaties/pct.html link is a treaty that governs how a country specific patent can also be filed as an international patent. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
