[Bf-committers] patent mess

[Yann Vernier]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 11:43:40PM +0100, Arne Schmitz wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 14. Dezember 2004 23:35 schrieb Matthew H. Plough:
> > > Nah, in contrary, ignorance is the best protection! :)
> >
> > Actually, it isn't.  In the United States, not knowing that your product
> > infringes on a patent is not a viable defense against charges of patent
> > infringement.
> 
> Thank god we're in the EU. And btw. -- what would someone want from a 
> non-profit organisation? On the other hand...

No, since EU has horrible practices as well in that field. Though I'll
admit it is considerably worse over in USA, things aren't getting better
here.

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