Re: patent question

From: Winfield Hill (Winfield_member_at_newsguy.com)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: 10 Aug 2004 18:21:00 -0700

Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote...
>
> You will never be sued. Your customers will simply disappear when your
> competitor threatens to sue them. Your customers may just stop returning
> your calls. You must take the legal initiative to get your competitor's
> patent overturned.

 This is wrong. Assuming one disclosed the details of his invention
 with his product shipments (as I always did), or otherwise, there are
 two relatively-simple and "inexpensive" yet *powerful* complementary
 legal steps one can take at this point to protect himself and his
 small otherwise-fragile business. Anyone worried he might be slipping
 into such a scene should contact his friendly local IP lawyer to learn
 all about them. Things are bad, but they're not that bad. IANAL. :>) 

-- 
 Thanks,
    - Win
 (email: use hill_at_rowland-dot-org for now)

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