Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux

Raul Miller (rdm@test.legislate.com)
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 01:27:58 -0500


Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com> wrote:
> > Wait till products have been out for a while and only sue the
> > big-money makers.

Michael Shields <shields@msrl.com> wrote:
> It doesn't work like that; you need to protect your patent against all
> infringers, or you can lose it.

You don't sue infringers till after your patent is approved. Some patents
take many years to get approved. If you're willing to study how that
happens you can take a decent shot at reproducing it.

-- 
Raul

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