Bob Lunn
11/11/97 04:26 PM


> C'mon guys, you can sue Scenix, but you won't have
> enough fingers to plug all the holes. If the technology
> is within reach of a small company like Scenix, others
> will follow.

     Yeah, but what's this got to do with the validity
     or otherwise of Microchip's claim?

     After all, if Scenix HAS infringed a Microchip
     patent (or Microchip reasonably BELIEVES that they
     have) then Microchip MUST sue.  If they don't then
     they risk losing their patent.  That's the way
     the law works.  Don't blame Microchip.

     Or are you saying that just because Scenix are
     small, and doing work that is arguably interesting,
     then Microchip should stand back and let their
     intellectual property be stolen?

___Bob

PS:  Don't worry, I AM as cynical as the next guy.  I
     don't have any illusions about the use of patents
     as business weapons rather than tools.