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To: TideGlider who wrote (57710)	4/28/2001 1:41:45 PM
From: saukriver	Read Replies (2) of 74651

You indicate that you believe that Intertrust is correct. Huh? I have zero knowledge about the patent infringement suit Intertrust lodged against MSFT. Haven't read the claims in the patent or the allegations in the complaint. If you go back an read my post, I said at no place that I believe Intertrust is correct. What I did mean to suggest is that Microsoft's spokesperson Jim Cullinan seems to have spoken without thinking: "It is unfortunate that Intertrust has chosen to use the courts rather than compete in the marketplace." If Microsoft, Intertrust, or anyone else has IP claims, why should't those surface in the courts? The power to license others and the power to sue others for infringement is what intellectual property rights are about. Actions to enforce IPR are one reason the courts are there. Microsoft rightly and aggressively defends its own IPR by bringing actions against infringers when it feels it needs to. It does not hesitate to sue software pirates. If someone copies Windows without a license to do so, and Microsoft sues, it should strike us as funny if the spokesperson for the infringer then said "It is unfortunate that Microsoft has chosen to use the courts rather than compete in the marketplace." I have no idea about the merits of Intertrust's patent infringement claims. But I do know that a company like MSFT that is based on its IPR should not criticize others for choosing to enforce the IPR they believe they have. Without courts, Microsoft own IPR is meaningless. Which leads me to the conclusion that, in attempting to slam Intertrust, Mr. Cullinan was not thinking through the implications of what he was saying. saukriver

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