[Sussex] Some Good Will Come From Software Patents

Steve Dobson steve at dobson.org
Mon Dec 20 19:04:01 UTC 2004


Gareth

On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 05:36:26PM -0000, Gareth Ablett wrote:
> From: Steve Dobson
> > I would agree if company X imported software from Y that violated
> > Z's patent that X would have to paid Z to use that software.  There
> are
> > a number of practices that, while illeage in one country, and the way
> > of doing business in others, back-handers for example.
> > 
> > How would you go about suing the company?  Any international company
> > worth it sort will place the approprate legial blocks in place to stop
> > this kind of action.
> > 
> 
> Well I kind of goes like this USA see them selves as the be all and end
> all of business and truth be told they are one of the biggest consumer
> and business running nations. If they wish to say to company X that are
> happily producing software in the country of there choice. They could
> quite easily see an import sanction put on them if they do not comply to
> the ruling of the US courts.
> 
> Schoolboy bulling tactics TBH

But that only works if you are importing stuff.  In the post I said that
the servers are located off-shore, and using software that can't be used
in the USA without license fees.   No import.  No sanction or traff.  So
how do you sue someone for doing something legal in another country?

Steve




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