On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 11:40:32PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > 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?
Bother? Sure. Surprise? No way. Regards, Mako -- Benj. Mako Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://yukidoke.org/~mako/
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