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To: PAL who wrote (41628)9/17/1999 11:16:00 AM
From: J.B.C.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 152472
 
Patents may expire, however they are actually getting money from their LICENSING, which will never expire.

Jim



To: PAL who wrote (41628)9/17/1999 12:10:00 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 152472
 
Don't the patents expire at some point?

1: You keep filing modifications to the patents, and additional patents, that keep tying it up.

2: You make the people you sign deals with agree to pay as long as they make the product.