Re: what does a patent restrict?

From: Andrew C. Greenberg <werdna[_at_]gate.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:02:04 -0400

On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Mark Lemley <mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> Personally, I must confess I find the legal reasoning of MAI v. Peak
> moronic. But it has been widely (though not totally) followed.

Mark's pithy analysis is probably the best summary of the state of the law. Whatever can be said of the case -- I would expect to lose when I assert a defense based on non-copying when I "use" software.

Andrew C. Greenberg
<werdna[_at_]gate.net> Received on Wed Oct 13 1999 - 13:05:05 GMT

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