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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, David Laswell wrote:
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Some people avoid clones because they feel that they’re violating TLC’s
patent rights...
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When the patent falls to public domain, the right of exclusion is over. That’s
the law. The protection of IP rights was never intended to extend into infinity
-- not even theoretically, esp. not theoretically!
That some are being given the benefit of grotesque distortions of the law should
serve as a warning against any such further distortions.
Patents are created in law, and they have a finite period during which rights of
exclusion are maintained. Then those rights end, as created and decreed by law.
Does anyone really argue against this seriously?
-- Hop-Frog
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: IBM chooses Mega-Blocks over Lego
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| (...) A certain group of non-clone users may fall into that group, but I suspect it's less an issue than you seem to suspect. Some people avoid clones because they feel that they're violating TLC's patent rights, others avoid them because they (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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