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- From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
- Subject: Re: Dylan supported by GNU in future ?
- Date: 17 Dec 1992 07:24:45 GMT
- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- In article <1992Dec17.012658.11627@u.washington.edu> tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:
- >So why did Apple pay off the guy who claimed Hypercard infringed his
- >patent rather than just litigate his tiny company out of existence?
-
- Because patents are very strong in the US so Apple would probably lose
- after spending more money than the payoff. This is one of those few
- examples where patent law hass been beneficial for a small company.
- It sounds like he had a software patent which is something that I feel
- should not exist anyway.
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