Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 Jul 2000 00:25:59 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [offtopic] Re: Patented algorithms in kernel |
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Hi!
> Bottom line is that in the US, if you infringe a patent, they can sue > you, anyone who ships the infringing code, distributors, partners, > etc.,
Can they sue me even if I'm not living in US? Is marking code "this stuff might be illegal in US and Japan" enough to avoid lawsuits? What exactly is illegal: _writing_ infringing code, or _using_ infringing code?
Looking up patents relevant to v.34 implementation would be very usefull...
> etc. Most US companies are pretty sneaky and will wait until you ship > about 1,000,000 copies before suing the offender so they will be certain > they will get a huge damages claim (and can claim to take more > money).
That's ugly. Ok
-- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org
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