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Old 12-03-2014, 09:57 AM   #516 (permalink)
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Re: Post #513
"Can you defend a patent? Won't someone just build them anyway, ignoring your patent?"

The classic case is Selden v. Ford. Selden patented the spark-ignition engine in the US. Henry Ford built Model Ts and ignored Selden's patent. Ford beat Selden in court.


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