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Still not listing a single verifiable fact! Still avoiding answering!
Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, December 12 2012 @ 07:38 PM EST
Please provide a link to any FRAND abuse.

Thanks.

If not, stop. Do not pass Go. Do not
collect $200.

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Still not listing a single verifiable fact! Still avoiding answering!
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 13 2012 @ 09:56 AM EST
I think you need to realise that not everyone is a lawyer
here, nor has time and experience to follow up on
loosely referenced lawsuits in unnamed fora.

In other words, if you have the information already,
providing specifics to save others from having to redo
part of the information gathering would be a good tactic
in starting a discussion. helping others to focus on your
argument rather than on what isn't provided.

I do agree that allowing FRAND licenced patents in
standards can be a troublesome prospect, especially for
standards that don't need harware to be implemented.

But for hardware that is being made to a certain spec.,
as developed by the patent holder, I don't think it
needs to be such a big problem, as long as the FRAND
license is kept actually FR, which does indeed need
watching.

Hardware manufacturing already means having to
price,order, assemble and test, and verify the validity of
the result - one step of the parts aquiring can easily be
a legal discussion about the pricing, including FRAND
patents belonging with standards the part(s) use.

The bigger issue therefore are clearly in the domain of
intangible patents, like process and software patents,
especially because they can be unwittingly incorporated
into free/open software where a clear path to obtain
licenses is not at all present, creating a legal minefield.

That said, I haven't looked up your references, because
from the information you gave, I didn't see the direct
relevance to the current case. Sorry.

bosyber

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