John R Levine wrote:
I'm sorry I even brought it up, as it seems to have completely
derailed the conversation. I certainly didn't *mean* "WOULD apply,"
just *might* apply.
Goodmail doesn't have any patents. What are you talking about?
There are lots of patents in the space the group is discussing. It's not much
of a reach to imagine that one or another of them has been licensed by one or
another of the companies in this space.
Focusing on a particular company distracts from just how much prior art there is
and how difficult it can be to predict whether a particular patent will be
viewed as infringing.
Those of us with some expert witness experience know how flexible the game can
be. And I'm pretty sure none of us is a patent attorney.
So we all probably ought to worry more about desired common functionality and
less about infringement.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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