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From: jgd@Dixie.Com (John G. DeArmond)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: National Lotus Database
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Date: 4 Dec 90 21:40:54 GMT
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Organization: Rapid Deployment Systems (making go-fast things and things that-go fast)
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>In article <1990Dec3.210525.15065@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> edguer@charlie.CES.CWRU.Edu (Aydin Edguer) writes:
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>"But, with any luck, Lotus will make a big mistake about someone, get sued
>"for libel, and go out of business, taking its software copyrights with it.

Or even a small mistake.  We had an attorney from one the largest
Intellectual Property firms in Atlanta speak last night at the Atlanta
Unix Users' Group meeting. The question of the Lotus database came up and
he said that most all the lawyers in the field are watching the database
with whetted appetites. Anyone want to volunteer to be a test case? :-) 

John

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