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- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Subject: Re: Patents: What they are. What they aren't. Other factors.
- Message-ID: <id.FFUU.QCB@ferranti.com>
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <1992Nov4.035758.1767@netcom.com> <1992Nov5.163922.2616@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <1992Nov8.064806.27926@udel.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 22:03:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov8.064806.27926@udel.edu> berryh@huey.udel.edu (John
- Berryhill, Ph.D.) writes an excellent discussion of why patents help
- small-time entrepreneurs.
-
- Irrelevant.
-
- Free or very cheap software (such as the software implementing the very
- medium we're discussing this subject in) has been a driving force in the
- computer industry. Does the patent office recognise this as "publication?"
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