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To: DaveMG who wrote (20344)	12/23/1998 10:36:00 AM
From: Gregg Powers	Read Replies (2) of 152472

DaveMG: By the way, were it not for "blocking IPR", no invention would be secure from duplication. Technological innovation as we know it would cease because no one would be willing to fund it. Think about it. Many biologicals, i.e. proprietary drugs, are not particularly difficult to manufacture...but their owners have spent upteen millions creating them and proving their efficacy. Should a foreign company simply be able to "copy" the drug? How about software? Should I be able to "copy" the internal elements of Microsoft Windows, rewrite the GUI, and claim the technology as my own? How many software algorithms are inherent in QC's implementation of CDMA? Should none of these inventions be protected? Why doesn't 3COM simply disassemble a Cisco router or hub and copy the components? Why is Cadence Design suing Avant! for theft of trade secrets? I could go on and on, but you should get my point. Companies spend millions to create proprietary technology positions. If competitors could simply choose to ignore a patent position and copy such inventions, then the technological world that we enjoy would rapidly descend into chaos. Nobody would spend the money to develop a proprietary drug or medical device. Cisco, Lucent, Microsoft and Intel would rapidly become worthless...because competitors would simply copy their products. It really IS obvious. It just does not SEEM obvious. Best regards, Gregg

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