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Posted Apr 18, 2007 1:04 UTC (Wed) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)In reply to: Are all software patents just "tax"? by AJWM
Parent article: Windows vs. Linux: The Patent Tax (Software Freedom Law Center)
Companies that are still developing product usally cross-license their patents with the big players. You can't sue Microsoft for patent infringement while you yourself are in the software business, as they will just turn around and sue you for infringing one or more of their patents.
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Posted Apr 18, 2007 2:25 UTC (Wed) by fjf33 (subscriber, #5768) [Link]
Unless you yourself are not doing anything. Then you cannot be sued but can sue the skin out of everyone else.