Re: [vorlon@netexpress.net: Re: Bug#181969: [mdadams@ece.uvic.ca: Re: JasPer licensing wrt Debian Linux]]
Glenn Maynard wrote:
> Does such a thing as contributory infringement exist for patents? I've
> only heard of that particular evil in relation to copyright.
35 US Code 271, section (c).
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/35/271.html
Whoever offers to sell or sells within the United States or
imports into the United States a component of a patented
machine, manufacture, combination or composition, or a material
or apparatus for use in practicing a patented process,
constituting a material part of the invention, knowing the same
to be especially made or especially adapted for use in an
infringement of such patent, and not a staple article or
commodity of commerce suitable for substantial noninfringing
use, shall be liable as a contributory infringer.
Arnoud
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Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch patent attorney - Speaking only for myself
Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/
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