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Secret agreements
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, July 30 2012 @ 06:58 PM EDT
If you sell somebody the right to use my product, or you
allege that my product is infringing, then I certainly should
have the right to know what is being sold or alleged, since
what is being done is interference with my business.

In UK law interference with business is a tort.

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Not if a court orders it be made public
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, July 30 2012 @ 08:20 PM EDT
If you then sue me over something else related to the sale of the lawnmower, I
have the right to use that bill of sale to counter your arguments in the court,
and it will become public information at that point.

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Secret agreements
Authored by: DieterWasDriving on Monday, July 30 2012 @ 08:35 PM EDT
This isn't asking the court to enforce a fair contract, or private arbitration
paid for by the parties.

This is a company trying to use the court system, paid for by taxpayers, for
competitive advantage.

The default should be that most documents are made public. How else can we, the
public, know that the laws are just and are being fairly applied?

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Public companies
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, July 30 2012 @ 11:49 PM EDT
Public companies can not make secret deals.
D'oh

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Secret agreements
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, July 31 2012 @ 04:31 PM EDT
I should not be allowed to prohibit you from disclosing the cost of the
lawnmower. I did not say that the law prohibits secret agreements. I said that
it should be changed to not allow them.

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Secret agreements
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 01 2012 @ 06:11 AM EDT
Not exactly, I'm almost sure that you need to reveal that
secret to the IRS, to the legal system when requested, then
we've got the FBI with the Patriot Act, ...

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