Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 20:47:35 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> Cc: marius@alchemy.franken.de Subject: Re: LZW patent expired Message-ID: <20030622204735.0badc260.Alexander@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <m365n0almz.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> References: <20030620124038.GA99431@nevermind.kiev.ua> <20030620145936.B2774@newtrinity.zeist.de> <20030620130555.GA98549@nagual.pp.ru> <20030620131442.GS24175@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <m365n0almz.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 16:06:44 +0200
Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> wrote:
> I don't care about software patents _YET_, so why bother. The patent
> cannot possibly have been issued under the German Patent Act. If it was,
> the patent is unlawful.
But as long as it is listed as a patent they can sue you if you use it
and you have to pay a lawyer, regardless of the unlawfulness of the
patent.
> However, the EU parliament schedules on epatents have been advanced to
> June 30 now, original plannings have been for September according to
> Heise (referring to FFII).
And according to a patent lawyer it's very likely that this bullshit
will pass the parliament. Hopefully he's wrong.
Bye,
Alexander.
--
To boldly go where I surely don't belong.
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