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OLPC sued for patent infringement in Nigeria

OLPC sued for patent infringement in Nigeria

Posted Nov 27, 2007 21:16 UTC (Tue) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020)
Parent article: OLPC sued for patent infringement in Nigeria

I don't know about Nigerian law, but they say they are filing a similar lawsuit in the US.  Do
they have a US patent?  Reverse engineering is not illegal in the US.  Doesn't sound like
they'll have much of a case.


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