• To: "Bullard, Claude L \(Len\)" <len.bullard@i...>
• Subject: Re: Another Microsoft XML patent
• From: 'Alan Gutierrez' <alan-xml-dev@e...>
• Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 12:25:47 -0400
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* Bullard, Claude L (Len) <len.bullard@i...> [2005-06-07 09:46]:

> You (Fuller, etc.) don't have to form a union.

> That is what a standards keiretsu is.  It mutually indemnifies
> members who contribute technology.  Contractually, it is the best
> defense because it both protects against predation and it creates
> standards.   Check the membership or participation agreements
> closely. 

    How does a stanards body protect against predation? It merely
    protects against the predation as it relates to the use of that
    particular standard.
    
    How does one file a counter-claim? That's the only way out of a
    patent takedown.

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