Replies to post #34809 on T M M Inc (TMMI)

[Stewguts]

"A license is a permission. No one needs this permission any more because the patent has expired."

Not necessarily so, from what I understand there is still a copyright in play with code that has been developed. No one can just copy the code and use it for commercial purposes without infringing on the copyrights attached the code.

[4retire]

That's not what I said. What I stated was in answer to your earlier question. If a licensee develops more stringent/stronger/more technically advanced products from the original patent, then patents them, those patents are in force and, more than likely, developed from the original formula.

If Dimension could prove (not saying they could, or it's even likely) that TMM's latest reveal was based on work done by TMM over the years with VDK2, then there could be standing.

As you know, Cavanaugh stated in an 11/11 letter to the shareholders that the product being developed from VDK2 is what attracted him to TMM