Re: Patents

John Erbes (erbesj@milwaukee.tec.wi.us)
Tue, 19 May 1998 12:22:29 -0500 (CDT)

Bob is 100% right about patents. It is not illegal to discuss a patent
process on this list, write about a patent process, or recreate the process
for your own personal use as long as you do not profit from it via
infringement. Patents are not confidential documents. They are publically
available through the patent office.

John Erbes
(lurker extraordinaire)

>Concerning replies to my posts about Heliochrome. Some of you have taken
>the opportunity to threaten some sort of legal action on the part of
>Dunstan Perera because I "Threaten" to divulge his work on this mail list.
>This is not necessary, and I would like to know the legal issues you think
>apply. It is not illegal to discuss a patent, it is not illegal to write
>about something that is patented and it is not illegal to recreate
>something that is patented. Just to illegally profit from it by
>infringement or duplication for sale. So please, I am tired of replying to
>the Crackpots who have been emailing me.
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>Regards
>RM
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