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Originally posted by Scooter
I would not say they are lawsuit happy. the way the Patent system works is that if the person that holds the patent does not actively seek to maintain it by actively suing whoever is breaking it, they can lose it. What it means in plain speak is that patent enforcement is up to the holder of the patent.
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Actually, must actively defend trademarks, but this is not true of copyrights or patents. For example, the GIF standard had been in use for many years before UniSys decided to try to make some $$$ off of their patent.
"I Am Not A Lawyer", but this is my understanding of it . . .
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