Patent suits not likely, says IP attorney
Knut Yrvin
knuty at skolelinux.no
Fri Sep 30 11:05:10 CEST 2005
Thursday September 29, 2005. www.itmanagersjournal.com
IT Manager's Journal looks at reasons why suing open-source companies
over patent issues may be unwise. "Proprietary software companies could
sue open source software developers or end users for patent
infringement, but they probably won't, says one intellectual property
attorney. If they do, the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) plans to
be ready. Though the threat of lawsuits is often heard rumbling over
the horizon like an approaching storm, the potential benefits for
patent holders probably aren't attractive enough to spark litigation,
says James Gatto, a patent and intellectual property attorney with
Pillsbury Winthrop law firm."
http://www.itmanagersjournal.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/19/1629249
- k
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