Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Oct 2000 11:04:05 -0600 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: Tux 2 patents |
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On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 09:11:44PM -0700, Marty Fouts wrote: > I don't know a lawyer I would trust who would give free legal advice on a > mailing list without the usual disclaimers.
You should go back and read the start of this thread. I've hired an IP Patent attorney to handle the Tux 2 Patent issue, and will be posting his analysis back to this community. I have forwarded Daniel's designs and the specific patents and we are performing an infringement analysis.
I think it's great that the USPTO has a website, but it's no subsitute for "real" legal help to folks on this list.
Jeff
> > And I don't care what you've done elsewhere, you have, here, been misleading > about patent law. I stand by my recommendation that people who are > interested should read the Nolo Press book and then, if they have specific > issues, consult an IP lawyer on those particular issues. > > In addition to the Nolo press, by the way, the US Patent Office now has a > web site with good general information for those people who are interested > in US patent issues. (http://www.uspto.gov/) I suppose there is a similar > web site for people interested in EU patent specifics as well. One of the > serveral ways in which you were mistaken in your assertions is that you've > neglected to clarify where US Patent Law differs from Patent Law in other > jurisdictions. You may be in Utah, but not everyone on this mailing list > is. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeff V. Merkey [mailto:jmerkey@timpanogas.org] > > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 3:40 PM > > To: Marty Fouts > > Cc: 'jesse'; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: Re: Tux 2 patents > > > > > > > > > > Marty Fouts wrote: > > > > > > I don't do pissing matches, Jeff, and won't compare the > > quality of the IP > > > experts I have access to to the quality of those you have access to. > > > > > > I will say that you are wrong about disclosure because you > > have overly > > > simplified, and again recommend that people who care should > > discuss their > > > specific cases with real lawyers, which neither you no or I are. > > > > Excuse me -- I was one of the attorneys on the Novell/TRG lawsuit -- > > check my motions > > and filings. In fact, check the 4th District Court in general for my > > filings in other cases. You can check the Texas courts for 1980's as > > well. Just because I have been a software > > engineer for the past 20 years does not mean I did something else in a > > previous life. > > > > Since all my friends are lawyers and TRG runs a law firm out of here > > should say something. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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