Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 28 May 2002 19:31:01 +0200 | | From | Roman Zippel <> | | Subject | Re: A reply on the RTLinux discussion. |
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Hi,
James Bottomley wrote:
> Actually, a patent does do exactly this. A patent gives you a "negative" > right to exclude anyone from using your patented method or process. If you > choose never to licence your patent (as is your right to do so) you block > everyone else from making use of it.
Hmm, I didn't know that. I must have misunderstood something, I'm sorry about that.
> In general, about the only restrictions on patents and their licensing > arrangements in the US are the antitrust laws. See: > > http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/guidelines/ipguide.htm > > for a good guide from the horse's mouth.
Uh, that's quite a lot of lawyer language, something like this is already difficult to understand in the native language. Could you point me to the relevant section, I misunderstood? I couldn't find it.
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