Nick Chalk <nick@???> wrote:
> Even if it's sufficiently grey that they might
> try, would they want the test case?
I wonder if this is relevant?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/15/ebay_uk_verified_rights_owner_ruling/
The article discusses the Community Design
Regulations, but I wonder if Patents are covered
too.
'The Regulations do not permit people who claim
to be rights holders to make threats which they
cannot back up with legal action. The law is
designed to allow the threatened party to
challenge a supposed rights holder's rights in
court, so that baseless threats cannot be made.'
...
'"You can't simply make a threat of
infringement proceedings without having a good
basis for doing so," said John Mackenzie, a
litigation specialist with Pinsent Masons'
You'd have to have deep pockets, though, to sue
MS...
Nick.
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Nick Chalk ................. once a Radio Designer
Confidence is failing to understand the problem.
