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From: man@brunix (Mark H. Nodine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Patent protections (was Re: Software Patents)
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Date: 17 May 89 16:12:10 GMT
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This problem of patents not being any protector to the little guy who is
an innovator is not new.  As it happens, my grandfather had the patent on
the process by which all zippers are currently manufactured.  He never 
made any money on it because there was no way he could outspend the big
guys to uphold the patent in court.

	--Mark