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- Subject: Re: Patents: What they are. What they aren't. Other factors.
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- From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
- Date: 12 Nov 92 20:03:41 GMT
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- In <1992Nov12.073625.3616@netcom.com> mcgregor@netcom.com (Scott Mcgregor) writes:
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- >Yes, it is clear that it is in the inventor's best interest to claim
- >as much as possible, and sometimes the PTO allows too much and the
- ^^^^^^^^^ usually
- >courts must restrict the coverage later. I think that if something
- ^^^^ should, but usually don't in software.
- >could be done to improve this situation it ought to be. I note that
- >this would benefit clarity in ALL patent cases, software has by no
- >means any kind of monopoly in overly broad patents.
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