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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (100194)	3/27/2000 9:53:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571762

Re: "Elmer, High tech patents are often so complex that the patent office lacks competent examiners who understand the issues so they default and let what is public domain material gain a patent figuring the legal system will examine the matter later and make the final determination. This has led to a large number of fraudulent patents that have been granted that are in fact public domain." This was exactly what Intel said when sued by DEC. I assume you now agree with Intel. DEC, when counter sued, must have felt their position was so weak that they gave away the farm to settle. The point I wanted to make was simply that Companies have a right to defend their intellectual property and just because RMBS feels the need to do so doesn't mean that big bad Intel is behind the scenes. One poster even went so far as to ask if Intel could be held libel for encouraging RMBS to sue! You guys and your conspiracy theories are a bit over the edge. EP