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To: L. Adam Latham who wrote (77024)	3/22/1999 5:15:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 186894

Adam, If the K7 will compete against Compaq's Alpha designs Instead of the word "compete", you might want to use the word "compatible". Scumbria

To: L. Adam Latham who wrote (77024)	3/27/1999 10:26:00 AM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Adam - Failure to assert a patent right, or even an agreement to allow use of the patent, or a covenant not to sue over patent infringement do nothing to reduce the power of the patent. Trademark law is very different in that it is designed to protect against market perception of brand. Patents, on the other hand, protect intellectual property (inventions) and apply most directly to other inventors or users of those inventions. A more likely scenario between CPQ and AMD would be some agreement around limited use of CPQ IP in some AMD inventions. I doubt that CPQ would hesitate to act against AMD to protect CPQ IP rights if AMD infringed without permission - they have been very aggressive about that in the past.