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...sending a blueprint overseas does not mean infringement of a US patent, but sending the parts to make the covered invention does.

So it all comes down to whether the Supremes think that a replication disk is a blueprint, or the actual invention. Tricky. If they decide its the product, I guess companies would start to ship source-code to be compiled outside the US. Source code is only instructions, like a blueprint. It doesn't perform the invention until compiled.

In any case, this seems like a nasty bit of extraterritoriality by the US, but why should we be surprised by that. The US expects their law to govern the planet and take precedence in other countires. And US citizens are very rare in having to pay tax on foreign earnings while living outside thier home country. Oh, I think the Libyans have the same policy.

The proper answer would be that companies should file their patents worldwide, but then of course many US patents (e.g. pure software algorithms and business processes) are unacceptable in other countries. Gee, I wonder why.

Do you think it's an accident that Google set up a big new HQ in Zurich? I bet within five years it becomes their global HQ, and the US part becomes a mere division (as happened with Philip Morris and others), and the real money never goes near Uncle Sam.
Posted by: A.Sinic   Posted on: 02/21/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Well...  Patrick Jones | 02/21/07
Well, either way the outcome  Boot_Agnostic | 02/21/07
absolutely ...  zoroaster | 02/21/07
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Or  Henry Miller | 02/21/07
Confused...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/21/07
That's not the case.  Letophoro | 02/21/07
According to the article...  A.Sinic | 02/21/07
I'm not arguing with any of your points.  Letophoro | 02/21/07
I see...i see  xuniL_z | 02/21/07
not so...  zoroaster | 02/21/07
And once again....  SpikeyMike | 02/21/07
In good company  BruceWheelock@... | 02/21/07
Umm...  rapson | 02/21/07
MS shouldn?t talk  Par-Pro | 02/21/07
no culture  BregS | 02/23/07
crooked American patent laws  dirtfarmer | 02/21/07
You are so right  Too Old For IT | 02/21/07
And while we're at it...  macbill | 02/21/07
What a wonderful idea!  Linux User 147560 | 02/21/07
oil slick  shraven | 02/21/07
You're right...  Linux User 147560 | 02/21/07
Correct oh my yes  Boot_Agnostic | 02/22/07
Once again  xuniL_z | 02/21/07
Hold on there cowboy.....  seosamh_z | 02/21/07
say again?  shraven | 02/21/07
I agree, The Brits are thieves  John Zern | 02/21/07
Nice try dirtyfarmer  John Zern | 02/21/07
Not what he said.  shraven | 02/21/07
What a closed mind  Par-Pro | 02/21/07
France?  cmjrees | 02/22/07
Patent law in re: software...  Raymond Danner | 02/21/07
THE SUPREME COURT WILL HAVE A PATENT SEARCH HAY DAY  BALTHOR | 02/21/07
What *is* the product?  handydan918 | 02/21/07
Man! A can of worms...  I am Gorby | 02/21/07
InCREDibly Good Point!  TechinMN | 02/23/07
Patens and DRM  wizardb@... | 02/21/07
huh?  zoroaster | 02/21/07
AT&T's patent..  whoop_123 | 02/21/07
Thanks for the blueprint!  spinella@... | 02/21/07
Software ownership  Stovies | 02/21/07
MS shouldn?t talk  Par-Pro | 02/21/07
No culture (as many trolls)  BregS | 02/23/07
You need to know what you talk about  Par-Pro | 02/23/07
your a little upside down....  whoop_123 | 02/22/07
I see Three different issues here  DonD01 | 02/22/07

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