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- From: Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang@inria.fr>
- To: PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>, Xavier Drudis Ferran <xdrudis@tinet.org>
- Cc: Seth Johnson <seth.johnson@RealMeasures.dyndns.org>, C-FIT_Community@RealMeasures.dyndns.org, C-FIT_Release_Community@RealMeasures.dyndns.org, fairuse-discuss@mrbrklyn.com, patents@aful.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] Judge Dubious About BT Link Patent
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 14:22:22 +0200
well ... i saw an article saying that any property has to be defended,
if it is not to be challenged. I do not remember the name of this
doctrine.
It appeared about the jpeg patents. Someone said that not defending
it for so long could be argued against the owner.
bernard
On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 09:34:06AM +0200, PILCH Hartmut wrote:
> > > This seemingly random finding might create a loophole that
> > > would allow BT to enforce its patent now. Typically, patents
> > > and copyrights must be consistently and constantly defended
> > > by their holders in order to be considered valid.
> >
> > I thought only trademarks had to be defended. Patents are
> > often enforced after years of oblivion
>
> I think this article writer is on the whole quite clueless. I wouldn't
> believe anything of what he writes.
>
>
>
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