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To: etchmeister who wrote (24802)	12/16/2010 6:47:37 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) of 25522

>> I referred to specific IP that relates to etch and CVD - not in regards to "how to run a business". How to run a business...how to operate a plant...how to build a house or wire the pot lights...the difference is more in the eye of the beholder than most people realize. If I work as an assistant to a builder who has a very nifty way of building houses in 20% less time and with 10% less material and later I go into business for myself using the same methods, have broken any IP laws? >> That sounds like catch 22 Indeed. This is why Clinton introduced provisional patent in the US where you file your patent but PTO does not open your filing for a year, during which you can file it in Europe. However that is completely besides the point. The point was that any legal construct, including more obvious ones such as theft or murder, is only valid within the jurisdiction of that law. It so happens that pretty much every country has laws against theft and murder, so normally there isn't much a problem filing the case cross borders or asking for extradition. But when it comes to more nuanced laws, such as IP, it is very different. ST

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