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Re: caravon post# 182962

Monday, 10/20/2014 4:41:01 PM

Monday, October 20, 2014 4:41:01 PM

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One my friend, a mid-size company CEO said: A patent is just a piece of paper unless it was validated in a court of Law.




Old book but great read: it has a chapter right on point about the fight by Corning to protect their patents and property rights in the fiber wave guide - fiber optical cable that revolutionized communications:

http://www.amazon.com/Silent-War-Ira-C-Magaziner/dp/0517178710/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=

It is astonishing what foolish things one can temporarily believe if one thinks too long alone ... where it is often impossible to bring one's ideas to a conclusive test either formal or experimental. J.M. Keynes

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