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I don't follow BJ's argument. Reciting, whether over the phone or otherwise, a patented invention's manufacturing process is not the same as practicing the patent, much less infringing upon it. Indeed the premise of public filing of patents is that the contents will be widely read and available for improving the state of the art.

Here the GP's argument is that a practice that replaces by- phone or in-person interaction with communication over the Internet does not (without more) constitute a new invention.

I would reject on this basis "patents" on in-game sales (for example).

I would have replied sooner, but I waited for the spam to be cleared from this thread.

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