Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:55:19 -0700 | From | jmerkey <> | Subject | Re: [Fwd: United States Patent: 6,862,609] |
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James Simmons wrote:
>>Patent law in the US is based on section 113 of the United States >>Constitution, and patents >>are not going away. Live with guys. The best way to win the patent >>wars is for people >>who do Linux development to file their own patents and put some stakes >>in the ground. >> >> > > I have to agree with you. We need to apply for our own patients. The >problem is it cost to lay down patents. Who is going to pay? > As for the US Patent laws based on the constitution. That is no longer >the case. The Patent laws where changed when NAFTA and GATT went into >effect. Now the patent laws are changing again to meet WTO standards. The >whole planet is moving over to one universal set of patent laws. Those are >the laws to watch for. In fact India last month changed there own patent >laws to match WTO requirements. The WTO is not going away and they have >billons of dollars and world goverments behind them. > >
Linus and friends need to find some legal resources to pay for the patent execution. This software freedom law center should foot the bill.
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