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To: Ron who wrote (3406)	7/31/1997 3:26:00 PM
From: isdsms	of 7685

Reposted from Iomega in Fooldom Today <<Subj: I've Been Waiting For This!! Date: 30 Jul 1997 03:35:53 EDT From: Robra I eluded to this lawsuit happening in a post in early April. While at Comdex in Las Vegas in November many here may recall I had mentioned I met George Krieger (credited with inventing both the Zip and Jaz) from Iomega. We talked together at several competitors' booths. I probably spent more than an hour with him. While at the Syquest booth George was closely examining both the Syjet drive and cartridge. While examining the cartridge he said in a quiet voice (more thinking out loud than speaking to me) "they've even copied this". At the time of his statement I am quite sure he was looking at and sliding the metal band that covers the portion of the cartridge that inserts first into the drive. Even though I knew he didn't make the statement to me I asked him "will you sue for patent infringement?". He answered "we don't have issued patents". I asked "do you have patent applications filed?". He didn't give me a verbal response. He did give me a very large grin and the topic was shifted to something else. When the cartridge patent was issued in March I figured if it was going to happen it would be soon. I would have expected (and have been expecting) Iomega to file the suit even if Syquest had only shipped 1 drive. It has absolutely nothing to do with Syquest's level of drive sales. This is all about protecting intellectual property. If not for the protection given intellectual property I can guarantee you the aerospace company I work for would not be a DOW 30 stock today! We would be no more than a mom and pop machine shop. They continue to DEMONSTRATE they are fully aware of the importance of their proprietary property and will protect it with a vengeance! Anyway, I just wanted to post that this is nothing IOM dreamed up last week and seeing my hunch come to pass is pretty special. >>

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