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From: ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.research,misc.legal
Subject: Re: Patents, How to get them?:-)
Keywords: patents
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Date: 2 Aug 90 17:29:24 GMT
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With the talk of the mega-lawsuits nowadays, having a successful patent seems
impossible unless you have tons of money and an army of weasels in pin-striped
suits to defend it.  How can the small-time entrepeneur hope to achieve success
if some enormous conglomerate sics its lawyer-force on him and takes his
marvelous invention away? 

It's depressing to think about.

Eric
-- 
Eric Sheppard      Georgia Tech    |  "Of course the US Constitution isn't
Atlanta, GA                        | perfect; but it's a lot better than what
ARPA: ce1zzes@prism.gatech.edu     | we have now."
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