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I tend to agree the Appeals Court made a mistake.
In all honesty, I am not certain how the Appeals Court believes a patent registered in the US has authority in other countries unless there are recipical agreements between the two countries. (And no, I am not talking about just software.)

As an example: I could see where having a US patent would stop someone in another country from building a like product and importing it in to the US, but I would think that would be the limit of authority.

As other's have pointed out, the US does not run the rest of the world...
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 03/22/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I tend to agree the Appeals Court made a mistake.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/22/05
Issue is: what are they sending abroad?  Anton Philidor | 03/22/05
Am I understanding this correctly?  tic swayback | 03/22/05
The advantage to Microsoft is...  rdwhitti | 03/22/05
What about the long term?  tic swayback | 03/22/05
Exactly.  rdwhitti | 03/22/05
But it was "made" in the USA  j.m.galvin | 03/22/05
So ...  Ardian Daka | 03/23/05
To me, Microsoft's whole argument seems wacko.  Judas I. | 03/22/05
Subject is Golden Master, not a copy you buy.  Anton Philidor | 03/22/05
I guess I'm having a hard time understanding ...  Judas I. | 03/22/05
The test  TrustMe_z | 03/23/05
Not quite that simple, but MS is still wrong  Font | 03/22/05
I fully understand the ruling, I don't agree with it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/22/05
Patent law is not export law  IT_User | 03/22/05
So how about this?  vdraken | 03/22/05
Even Better!!  coffeenite | 03/22/05
I also think the EOLAS will lose the patent case.  Anton Philidor | 03/22/05
I'm not sure I understand ...  coffeenite | 03/22/05
Microsoft is not going to license the patent.  Anton Philidor | 03/22/05
Interesting way Apple has done it.  j.m.galvin | 03/22/05
You know, this is a weird case.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/22/05
But MS doesn't do that do they?  j.m.galvin | 03/22/05
Like I said, a very fine hair.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/22/05
It looks more like  j.m.galvin | 03/22/05
Well ...  Ardian Daka | 03/23/05
What's the problem?  Knorthern Knight | 03/22/05
so, if i make a master copy of Windows2000 and send it to an island in the  wessonjoe | 03/23/05

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