From Robert.Bielik@gyrosmicro.com  Mon Jan 22 07:51:18 2001
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:51:18 +0100
From: Robert Bielik Robert.Bielik@gyrosmicro.com
Subject: [Patents] RE: Patents digest, Vol 1 #403 - 4 msgs

Greg A wrote:
[snip]
> you might as well use patent protection because your enforcement
> powers are much greater (the cost of acquiring the patent not being
> that much of a burden for the established companies doing all 
> of this).

And how about non-established companies ? The patenting fee costs for these
companies
IS a burden. That parenthesized cynical statement shut all these companies
out.
And you think that progress will NOT be hurt ??? Please.

/Robert Bielik
Senior Software Engineer
Gyros AB





