NODE 4b684272Re: PKP
Doug Porter <dporter@well.sf.ca.us>Sun, 13 Jun 93 12:36:28 PDT
> establishing and securing a monopoly is the whole point of patent law.
Sure is; but patents are intended to convey a sharply limited monopoly. I
seem to remember Judge Green expressing intense dissatisfaction with
interlocking patents used to control an entire industry.
We need info from someone who knows. Mike, are you listening, and are you
familiar with antitrust law?
Doug
NODE 5abfbee1Re: PKP
Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>Mon, 14 Jun 93 07:42:19 PDT
> We need info from someone who knows. Mike, are you listening, and are you
> familiar with antitrust law?
Doug, I am listening, but antitrust is not my area. Many of the developers
and businessfolk on this list have a clearer knowledge of antitrust law
than I.
You are right, of course, that "patents are intended to convey a sharply
limited monopoly."
--Mike