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"Due Diligence" should be required.
Patents in general are a very good thing and does provide financial incentive to invest time and money. However, there needs to be a requirement of due diligence in defending the patent instead of allowing (or out right manipulation) it to be included in a standard, waiting for the standard to be adopted by the industry, and then coming forward with huge monetary claims.

The patent laws are woefully in need of overhaul.
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 12/15/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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details?  ryusen | 12/15/03
Because......  James T. Kirk | 12/16/03
yep, but  ryusen | 12/16/03
Computer patents are evil  OhMyGosh | 12/15/03
AMEN - PROVEN again and again  Update victim | 12/16/03
Why only Roxio?  AbsolutelyNot | 12/15/03
Biggest Target...  BitTwiddler | 12/16/03
Tech Patents are good  voska | 12/16/03
Patents are supposed to cover  Update victim | 12/16/03
Software patents are a dumb idea  Fred Fredrickson | 12/15/03
"Due Diligence" should be required.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/15/03
So much for the law suit...  dsentman@... | 12/15/03
another SCO wannabe  doh123 | 12/15/03
The hard drive manufactures should sue them  boatelc | 12/15/03
No Software Patents  Frihet | 12/16/03
Is there anything like this  voska | 12/16/03
Is this another RAMBUS ?...  BitTwiddler | 12/16/03
i don't think so...  ryusen | 12/16/03
SCO, are you paying attention ?  worknman | 12/16/03
This Space for Rent  Netizen Kane | 12/16/03
PSion Data packs?  Nigel Johnstone | 12/16/03

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