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From: tnixon@hayes.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Hayes Microcomputer lawsuit???
Message-ID: <3763.27aaed7c@hayes.uucp>
Date: 2 Feb 91 16:49:00 GMT
References: <143271@pyramid.pyramid.com>
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA
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In article <143271@pyramid.pyramid.com>,
lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) writes: 

> Toby, is the actual "AT" command set itself considered licensed
> technology, or has Hayes made a gift of it to the hackers of the
> world?  

There was nothing considered to be patentable with regard to the AT 
command set itself -- I mean, the concept of giving a device 
commands is pretty general.  But even the specifics related to 
detecting the speed and format from the "AT" predated Hayes' first 
Smartmodem.  So, really, it never was Hayes' to make a "gift" of.

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