Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Dec 1998 15:34:41 +0000 (GMT) | From | (Michael Shields) | Subject | Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux |
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> On 21 Dec 1998, Michael Shields wrote: > > > In article <19981220154531.A17409@hazel>, > > Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com> wrote: > > > Wait till products have been out for a while and only > > > sue the big-money makers. > > > > It doesn't work like that; you need to protect your patent against all > > infringers, or you can lose it. > > -- > > Shields. > > > > No. That's a Copyright.
I don't know what country you are referring to, but most of this thread has been focused on the US. In Berne Convention countries for the last 20 years, a copyright is yours outright even without putting a notice on your work. A patent must be defended in the US to remain valid, and it cannot be defended selectively.
Don't take my word for it; read the FAQs. http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html (section 5) -- Shields.
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