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From: tenney@well.UUCP (Glenn S. Tenney)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16,net.micro.amiga,net.micro.68k
Subject: Re: 68000 Memory Managment
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Date: Sat, 20-Sep-86 00:42:37 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 20 00:42:37 1986
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In article <751@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
> ...
>It is up to a manufacturer to make sure that they do not use ideas that
>are patented.  If Sun chooses to enforce their patent, they could cause
>a small operation a lot of pain.  The patent may not seem reaonable, but
>it was granted, and until someone invests the neccessary legal time and
>money to contest it, it is legally enforcable.

I believe that the patent law allows a special challenge that costs only
$1500.  This is something fairly recent, but I believe anyone can do it
with enough proof and then the Patent office takes over.

-- Glenn Tenney 
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