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Think of it as a negotiation.
A US company has patented the If, but a European company has patented Then. They agree to exchange patents without charge, and the world continues. Any big, lasting company has accumulated a large number of patents, and can trade with every other big, lasting company.

Where this gets difficult is when a company has gone out of business and sold their patents to an IP operation with a large staff of attornies. Then, yes, some cash could change hands. You can already see the huge value of patents as they're sold like any other commodity.
But then, big companies can afford a reasonable licensing fee.

That's the way it works in the biggest market in the world, the economy every major company wants to be in. And Europe can and probably does operate the same way.

There'd been some discussion of developing countries ignoring the system, but they, too, have to export. The US has a lot of patents, and they insist on enforceable reciprocal agreements on IP.
The key development in IP is the end of resistance, sometimes one country at a time, sometimes through organizations.

Why on earth would you want European countries to be left out of the future?
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 12/25/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Would have been nice to have some of these provisions before SCO  DonnieBoy | 12/23/04
IMHO Patents Are the Forthcoming Battlefield...  BanjoPaterson | 12/23/04
Patents will lose...  Omch'Ar | 12/23/04
not in the EU they're not  hipparchus2000 | 12/24/04
Europe has issued scores of software patents...  Anton Philidor | 12/24/04
Once again Anton you totally miss the point  hipparchus2000 | 12/25/04
Think of it as a negotiation.  Anton Philidor | 12/25/04
because contrary to your belief it holds back innovation  hipparchus2000 | 12/25/04
Patents don't hold back innovation...  Anton Philidor | 12/25/04
royalties are not supposed to be a form of income  CobraA1 | 12/25/04
what about addressing the points I raised, anton  hipparchus2000 | 12/26/04
Patents are valuable...  Anton Philidor | 12/26/04
Patents need not stop work on a project...  Anton Philidor | 12/26/04
Short lesson in economics  CobraA1 | 12/27/04
anton in part you are right  hipparchus2000 | 12/28/04
Adam Smith influenced Darwin...  Anton Philidor | 12/28/04
How can I dispute being "right"? In the other part...  Anton Philidor | 12/28/04
cryptographically signed STUPIDITY  hipparchus2000 | 12/24/04
'Tis the season...  Anton Philidor | 12/24/04
disgusting  hipparchus2000 | 12/25/04
Sometimes it's possible to enjoy life.  Anton Philidor | 12/25/04
I beg to differ. I think patents do the opposite of causing innovation  hipparchus2000 | 12/25/04
Killer quote  seosamh_z | 12/27/04
euphemism for a future threat  hipparchus2000 | 12/28/04
What if?  Mack DaNife | 12/28/04
Quetzalcoatl's revenge  Anton Philidor | 12/28/04
digression  hipparchus2000 | 12/28/04
Smug states  Anton Philidor | 12/29/04
About time  CobraA1 | 12/25/04
Trusted computing Is The Enemy  RobertoSalazar | 12/27/04
I suspect...  rapson | 12/27/04
Fear....  Mack DaNife | 12/28/04
Amen! but your forget the Sheeple.  Laff | 12/30/04
The joy of standards.  Anton Philidor | 12/30/04

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