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From: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: LAT protocol
Message-ID: <Sep.7.21.39.05.1990.22211@athos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 8 Sep 90 01:39:06 GMT
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Note by the way that you probably can't patent a network protocol.  I
believe the LAT patent claims that some of the techniques used in the
protocol are novel, and those techniques are being patented.
Presumably they would have to be licensed from DEC even if used in a
different protocol.