Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Color separations
Message-ID: <1990May2.214736.14246@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <263DD7CE.1C19@intercon.com> <1208@chinacat.Unicom.COM>
Date: Wed, 2 May 90 21:47:36 GMT

In article <1208@chinacat.Unicom.COM> woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) writes:
>> a scheme [patent pending, unfortunately :-(] that, instead of generating
>
>... A Patent gives the company the right to sue if someone else trys to
>make money with the patent.  There is nothing to prevent you from using
>any patent and making the item, as long as it is for your own personaly
>use, and you don't transfer it, sell it or give it away...

Sorry, unlike copyrights, there is **NO** "fair use" exemption for patents.
A patent means you can be sued if you use the invention *in any way*.  No
exceptions.

In reality, quiet personal use is unlikely to attract legal attention, but
the possibility exists.
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If OSI is the answer, what is |     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
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