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To: fumble who wrote (14093)	10/29/1999 8:09:00 PM
From: gbh	Read Replies (2) of 18016

If ATM is a standard as well as the other acronyms that NN equipment supports, what is it that LU says is their patent? The fact that ATM is a standard doesn't mean a thing as far as patent protection is concerned. A key part of any standards process is that companies owning patents will agree to license applicable technology "on a fair and reasonable basis". LU obviously holds patents in certain area that NN infringes, and NN has not agreed to license. From what I've read, NN doesn't even dispute that they infringe. Their argument in court will be that the patents LU owns should never have been granted in the first place, as they are "obvious to anyone skilled in the art". This argument does work sometimes. However, given the fact that other companies have licensed these same patents, LU obviously has a lot at stake in pursuing this in court. Gary

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