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When do the patents expire?

When do the patents expire?

Posted Feb 25, 2009 1:37 UTC (Wed) by ncm (subscriber, #165)
In reply to: When do the patents expire? by Per_Bothner
Parent article: The trouble with OpenBTS

It may be useful immediately in places where patents restrictions don't apply, or are unlikely to be enforced.

At last report McMurdo station (Antarctica) had no GSM cell. Given McMurdo's telecomm difficulties, one might only be useful for talking to others near McMurdo, but that alone could be useful enough to bother setting it up.


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Antarctica - What law applies?

Posted Mar 6, 2009 15:30 UTC (Fri) by jimwelch (guest, #178) [Link]

According to Wikipedia, Antarctica by treaty belongs to no country! (yet) So no laws apply?

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