Is that legal? To copy other persons' patents in anothe country? I could make a fortune! Werner WernerS@fsl.gov.za ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bond Peter S-petbond1" To: Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [EE]: Coil Imprinted on PCB. Patented > > I think the US patent office have a bad habit of granting > > patents that they have no legal right to, even things that > > have already been done and are even on sale in other countries. > > I suppose it is an attempt to bolster US commercial interests, > > many times when there is a grey area and the patent would not > > be granted on the UK or here in Australia someone in the US > > can still patent it. The patent doesn't guarantee legal > > ownership, it is just a record of a claim of ownership. > > The Malaysian Government had a programme a couple of years ago trying to > encourage Malaysians to go off and register other people's patents locally - > the idea was that it didn't matter to them that there was a valid > US/whatever patent on it, so long as it wasn't already registered there... > > Peter > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body