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From: jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.misc
Subject: Re: public key encryption and RSA patent status
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Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 1969
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In article <3988@well.UUCP> shibumi@well.UUCP (Kenton A. Hoover) writes:
>>You can patent anything that you can convince the patent office to
>>issue you a patent for.

In article <7335@ism780c.UUCP> tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes:
>The patent office will issue for almost anything that hasnt yet been invented
>and that meets the 'what can be patented' standard.  The strength of your
>patent is almost always only determined through litigation.

That was my point.  The patent is no good unless the courts will
enforce it, and I suspect that the RSA patent will fall as soon as an
organization with sufficient legal resources decides to challenge it.
But don't try this at home if you don't want to spend time in court.


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