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To: GoNorth who wrote (23635)	4/21/1999 2:16:00 PM
From: SwampDogg	Respond to of 37507

Competitors of BIDS sure know what a patent means.

To: GoNorth who wrote (23635)	4/21/1999 2:18:00 PM
From: lib	Respond to of 37507

And that would be precisely why they exist. Possible tax write-off?

To: GoNorth who wrote (23635)	4/21/1999 3:44:00 PM
From: NTT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37507

>>> Craig, as you can see (and I've previously stated) no one puts a value on patents. Too nebulous, to difficult to defend, too costly to defend, no one really understands what they mean, etc etc.<<< I think you are extremely mistaken here. Intel paid millions to S3 in order to license the IP that they bought out from Exponential because their new Merced chip infringed on it. Can you guess why S3 bought patents that had nothing to do with their current ASIC design? High tech companies spend millions and millions of dollars acquiring patents from other companies and licensing them. You need to do a bit more research into this. Patents are extremely valuable and entire companies are bought out strictly for their intellectual property.