[Asterisk-Users] G.729 licensing/patent?

[Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists]

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:51:05 +0200, Damjan <gdamjan at mail.net.mk> wrote:
> It seems that the current practise is that until a court validates a
> patent its not really "in force". The reason for this is that patent
> offices have not done their job and grant most of the patent
> applications, so its up to courts and civil suits to settle the patent
> issue.

Perhaps it may *seem* so to *you*, but what you say is simply not
true. It is also dangerous to spread such rumours. It would be better
if you did not make comments about something you know nothing about.
Letters of Patent are legally in force once they are granted. Period.

The reason why there are patent lawsuits is that patent holders will
sue parties that infringe upon claims in their patents and only a
court can establish how much money has to be paid for royalties if the
parties do not agree on any sum. There are a few rare cases where
patents have been revoked but the vast majority of patent lawsuits
will end with the patent holder getting their royalites paid. End of
story.

rgds
benjk

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