Re: NEC-LIST: Antenna patents

Eric said that "a patent had been granted for an idea that was later
shown to lack novelty ( in fact, there existed well-known prior art.) But
trying to get that patent overturned (there is a formal procedure for
this within the system) was a daunting legal proposition, weighted
heavily in favor of the original patentee. "

Whatever the original intentions of the patent system, this is the
reality today. One CEO described patents to me as "chips at the table"
- a way of bargaining with patent-wielding competition.

Overturning a patent is expensive and arduous.

Defending a patent is also arduous and expensive.

Malcolm M Bibby

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