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To: Jon Stept who wrote (13670)	10/19/1999 12:18:00 PM
From: Kaliico	Respond to of 57584

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To: Jon Stept who wrote (13670)	10/19/1999 12:21:00 PM
From: Rande Is	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57584

Jon, Kleenex is a trademarked name that has become an icon. . .similar to asking for a Coke, when you mean a soda of any sort. So competing tissue makers must call theirs "Tissue" . . . and NOT Kleenex. This has nothing to do with patents. But yes, some of these are patents as well. The England Paper Company that patented "perforated paper" for use in toilet stalls a hundred and twenty years ago enjoyed the benefit of a number of years of monopoly on it. And what a smash success toilet paper was. I can't imagine what they used prior to it. Likewise, as I understand it. . .tech patents allow something like 5 years of unfettered use for the owners. . . then they must license the technology to others. Ethernet is long past the initial period, thus is being licensed. HEAR's voice chat rooms can enjoy about 4 more years or so of no competition. . . so you are right that in several years, everyone will be doing it. . . but by then we will already be into video chat rooms. Rande Is