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To: Scott Lerner who wrote (4317)	2/1/1998 2:55:00 PM
From: flickerful	Respond to of 6570

it sounded to me somewhat disengenuous... you have the site for authority now. i hope it helps, ask me anything else if you need clarification, ok.

To: Scott Lerner who wrote (4317)	2/1/1998 3:03:00 PM
From: flickerful	Respond to of 6570

another element which is helpful in assessing these things: the congressional intent of patent protection/enforceability is to foster individual accomplishment, to encourage design, and utilitarian progress. reward the inventor/designer but finally advance society. in copyright, protect the holder of record from unfair use...from theft, etc. allow the public use to the extent it does not deprive the owner. give the appropriate credit, etc. pay for the right of reproduction and performance in a commercial context...

To: Scott Lerner who wrote (4317)	2/1/1998 5:26:00 PM
From: Terry Berg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6570

Scott , if you would not mind , why dont you call Kevin. You seem... to be able to get good info from him . I did spend some time on ZE site & could not confirm this patent time limit thing. I am , like you , always skeptical about some posts. I have seen a few that are outright fabrications. I dont mean that the 'fool' post is necessiarly one of those but there are some keepers.

To: Scott Lerner who wrote (4317)	2/1/1998 6:09:00 PM
From: Robert Utne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6570

Quoted from Zenith's 1996 10-K: "Patents The company holds many patents and is licensed under a number of patents which are of importance to its business. The company has patents and patent applications for numerous high-definition TV ("HDTV") related inventions. To the extent these inventions are incorporated into the HDTV standard adopted by the Federal Communications Commission, the company expects to receive royalties from these patents. In addition, royalties have been and may be received from these patents for non-HDTV applications as well. In addition, major manufacturers of TV sets and VCRs agreed during 1992 to take licenses under some of the company's U.S. tuning system patents. Based on 1996 U.S. industry unit sales levels and technology, more than $25 million in annual royalty income is expected through the life of these patents, the last of which expire in 2003. While in the aggregate its patents and licenses are valuable, the business of the company is not materially dependent on them." -------------------------------------------- Is Zenith referring to the tuning system patents or VSB patents when estimating $25 million/year in royalty and expiration in 2003? This needs clarification.