Path: utzoo!telecom-request
Date: Tue, 14 May 91 17:01:00 GMT
From: Max Rochlin <gupta!max@uunet.uu.net>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Hayes Wins Damages on its Command Set Patent
Message-ID: <telecom11.360.6@eecs.nwu.edu>
Organization: Gupta Technologies Inc
Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 360, Message 6 of 11
Lines: 17

In article <telecom11.354.5@eecs.nwu.edu> splee@gnu.ai.mit.edu
(Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy) writes:

> Interesting how Hayes goes after the smaller retail modem
> manufacturers.  IBM and AT&T both also make and sell AT modems. I
> don't see Hayes challenging them in court. There are also a host of
> other modem manufacturers such as Codex, Universal Data Systems (both
> owned by Motorola), General DataComm (who I work for), Racal-Milgo,
> etc who also manufacture AT modems. 

Perhaps it's because IBM pays Hayes a licensing fee and the smaller
retail modem manufacturers do not.  I don't know about AT&T, though,
sorry.

   max@gupta.com      Max J. Rochlin    decwrl!madmax!max