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To: The Phoenix who wrote (3583)	8/11/1998 7:19:00 PM
From: Ridi J	Read Replies (3) of 21876

<< Difference is LU is sueing every company on the face of the planet...CSCO is not.>> From what I've read, LU (formerly Bell labs) holds the patent from back in the 1970s to the concept of converting analog voices into digital signals. Isn't this what "every company" is doing? Shouldn't they all be paying a license fee? If anyone knowingly lets ONE person use their patents without reminding them who owns it, they could legally forfeit ALL rights in perpetuity to those patents. Of course, CSCO is only suing companies that are infringing on their patents. I'm not a big rah-rah LU guy, but I am a huge advocate of protecting and rewarding innovation. It's interesting that recently in "The Revenge of the Nerds" computer tv spot on PBS it's mentioned that it takes 30 years for technology to mature in the marketplace. They were referring to Bill Gates, but Bell Labs seems to fit right in, too.

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