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[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi Douglas,

Ehh, let me rephrase -- tricky bizz this :) -- simply said:

Although law demands you to "know the law" (you cannot claim ignorance  
of it), the law doesn't demand you to know all patents or all  
registrations of IP. Unless you evidently investigated it, or should  
have known by common publications in your area of interest. Etc.

I'm not a lawyer! Just stay away from it!

-Ton-

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Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands

On 24 Jul, 2011, at 18:04, Ton Roosendaal wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm not talking about looking at info, but mentioning it implies you
> take responsibility for that.
>
> -Ton-
>
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> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org     
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> Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The  
> Netherlands
>
> On 24 Jul, 2011, at 16:26, Knapp wrote:
>
>>> - Don't mention (nor do) investigation of public patent databases
>>> ever, unless you already evidently knew it had to be done.
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> -Ton-
>>
>> Why? What is wrong with looking at public info?
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -- 
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