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- From: gtoal@ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal)
- Subject: Re: Photo CD is for hardly anybody.
- Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 01:48:35 GMT
- Message-ID: <Bx9uD0.EvJ@ibmpcug.co.uk>
- References: <mwm.2ieh@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us> <1992Nov3.150215.23953@kodak.kodak.com> <1992Nov3.222100.25000@u.washington.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov3.222100.25000@u.washington.edu> jimt@carson.u.washington.edu (James Thompson) writes:
- :YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS! For something to be *patented*, the details
- :that make this thing unique, or novel, or new, or in other words, patentable,
- :*must* be disclosed in the patent application, which is *public information.*
- :
- :Since Kodak is trying to be so secretive about its process, I strongly doubt
- :that it is actually patented.
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- How true. I think they're bullshitting us with threats and bluster.
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- As it happens, I have the weekly CDs of all the world's patents (or
- my boss has rather...) so if you'd care to tell us the patent number
- and date I could look it up. Or are you lying scum, Kodak?
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