[ic] divine, Inc. patent infringements
Jim Balcom
interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Fri Sep 20 18:20:01 2002
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Ed LaFrance wrote:
EL>>I have no doubt that the only reason they are bothering with a relatively
EL>>small case like yours it that they think you will cave in easily, which
EL>>will give them precedent when chasing larger game. The USPTO has taken to
The problem is that it is cheaper for Charles to pay them the $5,000 for the
license than to hire a lawyer to protest it.
Amazon.com, OTOH would have a huge licensing fee (presumably) and would make
the legal fees cheaper than the licese. I'm betting that this outfit is not
going to go after the big guns.
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