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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (51090)	11/19/1999 8:22:00 PM
From: sdb4q	Read Replies (2) of 152472

People are making too much of the comparison with Microsoft. The whole point of having a patent system is to ENCOURAGE monopoly profits as an incentive to innovate - but only for a while, that is why they expire. Microsoft, on the other hand, used its clout to threaten other companies - something entirely different. It also created so-called "tying" arrangements, which are expressly illegal. I don't think there will be any kind of a domestic legal challenge on Q's right to receive royalty payments for proprietary technology - although there is certainly a great deal of risk internationally that companies will simply refuse to pay and tie things up in court. Anybody else agree? Steve.

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