Re: Business Software Alliance

From: Dry - Keith <keith[_at_]drylaw.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 09:42:38 -0600

On Wed, Jan 12, 2000, Harold Federow <haroldf[_at_]bsquare.com> wrote:
>
> Just an observation/question. In the patent area there was a time
> when patents were routinely overturned on antitrust grounds for
> abuse of the patent. While only a small percentage of patents were
> actually litigated, in some circuits there was a 100% overturn rate.
>
> I wonder whether the list thinks that something like that might start
> happening in software licenses if software vendors get overbearing in
> their license clauses?

I think that is the heart of the matter.

Keith Taber
<keith[_at_]drylaw.com> Received on Fri Jan 14 2000 - 15:44:15 GMT

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