MTH Strikes Again

Reply to
Jon Miller
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I'd like to hear something that will make my hair grow!! (G)

Reply to
Frank A. Rosenbaum

One of the problems with both patent and copyright law is that you MUST defend your patent or copyright against infringement. If you know or suspect infringement, and fail to notify the suspected party, you risk that your patent or copyright will pass into the public domain. That's why Kleenex, Xerox, McDonalds at al seem to be harassing mom and pop operations from time to time: they MUST, or risk losing their rights to their trade names. Same goes for patents.

Whether or not MTH's patents are frivolous is up to the courts, since the patent office (no Einsteins need apply in the 21st century) has said that they are valid.

Ed.

in article snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com, Jon Miller at snipped-for-privacy@inow.com wrote on 2/13/04 9:26 AM:

Reply to
Edward A. Oates

"One of the problems with both patent and copyright law is that you MUST defend your patent or copyright against infringement. If you know or suspect infringement, and fail to notify the suspected party, you risk that your patent or copyright will pass into the public domain. That's why Kleenex, Xerox, McDonalds at al seem to be harassing mom and pop operations from time to time: they MUST, or risk losing their rights to their trade names. Same goes for patents.

Whether or not MTH's patents are frivolous is up to the courts, since the patent office (no Einsteins need apply in the 21st century) has said that they are valid.

Ed."

Wow, are you sure your in the right newsgroup? This is a non-reality-based newsgroup. Lets try to keep it that way:))

Bringing common sense, some actual knowledge on presentation, and a fact or two is not going to be tolerated very well;)

Rod

Reply to
Rod March

Very well said, Ed Oates.

Reply to
Corelane

Patients can be revoked after the act and is done quite regularly. The folks who approve and issue the patients are not required to be subject matter experts for each and every application. The patient office only compares the applicant to past approved/issued patents and to verify the application meets federal guidelines for approval. And yes it is the courts that work out all the bugs in a patent's issuance. Most of the time this is done AFTER one company has begun the infringement legal process.

Art

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Art Marsh

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