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Patent Infringement "Breaking the Law"
It's a civil matter, based on interpretation. Deeper your pockets, greater your scope of technology, the more likely it is to happen.

If you never did anything as a business, you'd be immune from patent litigation, and also extinct.
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No biggy  Boot_Agnostic | 01/30/06
Open source software not necessarily free of Patent Infringments  drhender | 01/30/06
This is a cease and desist order I own the Patent  IceTheNet@... | 01/30/06
RE: This is a cease and desist order I own the Patent  OmegaFirebolt | 01/30/06
Not exactly...  Still Lynn | 01/30/06
you are missing the point  eLurker | 01/30/06
No biggy  c-o-b | 01/31/06
Howdy  Boot_Agnostic | 01/31/06
Oh the joys of patents! (NT)  P. Douglas | 01/30/06
The patent situation has gotten so NUTS that all the  Laff | 01/30/06
Patents of Software  jack@... | 01/30/06
Music to the RIAA's Ears  kjgslg@... | 01/30/06
Patents vs Copyright??  mtn.brk@... | 01/30/06
It changed in 1995  wookey | 01/30/06
I love how these patent trolls ...  Too Old For IT | 01/30/06
What patent number?  Nigel Johnstone | 01/30/06
To be critical of the article.  MO411 | 01/31/06
Microsoft Indemnity Against IP Claims  Nigel Johnstone | 01/30/06
re:Microsoft Indemnity Against IP Claims  Edward@... | 01/31/06
And yet  lengua99 | 02/05/06
Not Really  cwtryon | 03/02/06
Kill software patents  jrepin | 01/30/06
Kill software patents  stevem_001 | 01/30/06
So that means...  WayneB@... | 01/30/06
Yes Exactly  Nigel Johnstone | 01/30/06
Greener pastures??? And that would be...Where??  Cayble | 01/30/06
Free as in?  Too Old For IT | 01/30/06
Well yeah, I've heard your argument before...  ArtMac | 01/30/06
Yup!  Update victim | 01/30/06
No...  techboy_z | 01/30/06
No. That's what copyright protection is for.  The King's Servant | 01/30/06
Killing us???  Bearberries | 01/30/06
Amen  ArtMac | 01/30/06
Show me your inventions  Nigel Johnstone | 01/30/06
Remember GIF?  MO411 | 01/31/06
Another peon defending the Robber Barons...  hulse_kevin | 01/30/06
really don't agree with that emotional plea  ej00807 | 01/30/06
PAYBACK!  tedego | 01/30/06
And yet...  rapson | 01/30/06
Yes...  ArtMac | 01/30/06
Patent Infringement "Breaking the Law"  PMC-CON | 01/30/06
Well then  ArtMac | 01/30/06
Missing the point.  Still Lynn | 01/30/06
Um...  Real World | 01/31/06
Of course! However...  Dr_Zinj | 01/31/06
???  eLurker | 01/30/06
Wow! 500,000 desktops  StorageGuru | 01/30/06
i can  eLurker | 01/30/06
it is hard?  sackbut | 01/30/06
t-bone: ok  eLurker | 01/30/06
never have -  ArtMac | 01/30/06
you brought it up  eLurker | 01/30/06
How easily will Microsoft be able to rewrite?  I am Gorby | 01/30/06
that is the issue, isnt it?  eLurker | 01/30/06
Amen, I say...  ArtMac | 01/30/06
You poor clueless fool  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/30/06
Is a license not a copywrite?  ArtMac | 01/30/06
License vs. copyright  FirstNLastN | 01/30/06
No, a license is a license, nothing more.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/30/06
ummm  eLurker | 01/30/06
Wow. There was a time when....  John Zern | 01/30/06
Jya... Jeez...  ArtMac | 01/30/06
Get a good lawyer to argue...  The King's Servant | 01/30/06
Mutually ensured destruction!  I am Gorby | 01/30/06
which means  eLurker | 01/30/06
Guatemalan ?  drdug | 01/30/06
Why not mention it?  el1jones | 01/30/06
Zenophobe?  Ghostdog36c | 01/30/06
Definitions...  Chryse | 01/30/06
It could mean  ArtMac | 01/30/06
Fear of Novel Management tools?  The King's Servant | 01/30/06
Nationality may be pertinent  Dr_Zinj | 01/31/06
Maybe you are the xenophobe...  MV_z | 02/03/06
Well then...  ArtMac | 01/30/06
Go Play With Safari Some Place Else (nt)  PMC-CON | 01/30/06
which means...  ArtMac | 01/30/06
you might  eLurker | 01/30/06
let's see...  ArtMac | 01/30/06
neither  eLurker | 01/30/06
Explain this to me.  DemonX | 01/30/06
You're right, naturally,  ArtMac | 01/30/06
Are You by Any Chance A New Version of DonnieBoy?(nt)  PMC-CON | 01/30/06
That has dark overtones,  ArtMac | 01/30/06
Same coin, different side.  The King's Servant | 01/30/06
patent infringement != code ripping  Allstar_z | 01/30/06
Prove that  ArtMac | 01/30/06
ok  eLurker | 01/30/06
The reason  stephen0838_z | 01/30/06
Patents abound  jsjag1 | 01/30/06
You obviously haven't tried to  ArtMac | 01/30/06
Yeah right...  artplus@... | 01/30/06
Yeah, I get where you're coming from...  ArtMac | 01/30/06
but where are you coming from?  eLurker | 01/30/06
I've got no problem with MS,  ArtMac | 01/30/06
you have some sort of problem  eLurker | 01/30/06
very forgiving of you  davagain | 01/30/06
Best post for this article...by far (nt)  Real World | 01/31/06
check the dates on that  rock06r | 01/30/06
I have to agree  Leria | 01/30/06
Yes.....Way too far  catlovr-20723788969807198650981698774804 | 01/30/06
What did the court do?  ArtMac | 01/30/06
Software patents are good ...  phil@... | 01/30/06
What patent number?  Nigel Johnstone | 01/30/06
Think again...  artplus@... | 01/30/06
?  eLurker | 01/30/06
Thank you  ArtMac | 01/30/06
Guatemala, Mexico, Latino...  The King's Servant | 01/30/06
some are, some are not  tima_z | 01/30/06
Patent on software are good, not patents on code  Leria | 01/30/06
Re: Patent on software are good, not patents on code  Programmer384 | 01/30/06
re: sw patents in europe  werner2k_z | 01/31/06
Insanity  sjpatrick | 01/30/06
Would have been far easier  Ken_z | 01/30/06
But...  rapson | 01/30/06
What's the difference?  tic swayback | 01/30/06
The difference is...  rapson | 01/31/06
Okay, Rapson. I'll bite.  The King's Servant | 01/30/06
Two points  rapson | 01/31/06
Why are we arguing?  The King's Servant | 01/31/06
You mean YOUR villainy...  John Zern | 01/30/06
For every processor...  ArtMac | 01/30/06
That's still a different issue  woot! | 01/30/06
My humble apologies.  sjpatrick | 01/30/06
Ahem...  ArtMac | 01/30/06
Patent  Jafrh | 01/30/06
A five year limit on software patents  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/30/06
But what  ArtMac | 01/30/06
I think you may be confusing  tima_z | 01/30/06
then you  Shelendrea | 01/31/06
Probably not  j.m.galvin | 01/30/06
Re : Probably not  bushell@... | 01/30/06
Re-think...  Still Lynn | 01/30/06
How about ZERO  Mectron | 01/30/06
The irony  Richard Flude | 01/30/06
ZDNet headlines... Sheesh... It's NOT an upgrade.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/30/06
wow...  ArtMac | 01/30/06
That depends on how you look at it..  Patrick Jones | 01/31/06
What does 'up' mean?  The King's Servant | 01/31/06
Not an Upgrade???  30bob1 | 01/31/06
Correction: users have a cost associated with the update...  The King's Servant | 01/31/06
Why?  Gravitas@... | 01/30/06
Sigh.  woot! | 01/30/06
you have fallen for it  eLurker | 01/30/06
The trouble is  pbiss | 01/30/06
No 'technical' requirement now  Nigel Johnstone | 01/30/06
Obvious patents...  astro_z | 01/30/06
What's good for the goose...  HypnoToad | 01/30/06
What friggin planet are you from???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/30/06
You do not cooperate in a competitive market.  osreinstall | 01/30/06
What is a software patent?  newgeek2be | 01/30/06
When you could talk to CPM  npolimeni@... | 01/30/06
This is the system that Bill Gates is fighting so hard to implement in E.U.  mobrien_12@... | 01/30/06
Good one, let your customer pay instead of  tombalablomba | 01/31/06
Software patents are NOT bad.  jimroar2000 | 01/31/06
Sssorry, but IP is an oxymoron,  Update victim | 01/31/06
You are correct, but whats there in Microsoft's Office???  vinshe | 02/11/06
Can't make money any more? Share it on Emule  GreatInca | 01/31/06
All patent laws must die [nt]  Omch'Ar | 01/31/06
Re: Correction  30bob1 | 01/31/06
Re: Correction: users have a cost associated with the update...  30bob1 | 01/31/06
OOOOPS  30bob1 | 01/31/06
How come do they have time for it?  adelagza@... | 01/31/06
REPLIES  tonyscot@... | 01/31/06
Garbage  biggestred | 02/01/06
Failure of aquiring technology  pj-xmesh | 02/01/06
All entities affected by M$'s GREED and patent Steeling should  btljooz | 02/01/06
Patents  jervin | 02/01/06
15 - Luv GPL leads  greavesg | 02/08/06
Microsoft Starts To Fight A Losing Battle...  vinshe | 02/11/06

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