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Re: Reverse engineering case law (fwd)
----- Forwarded message from Sunder -----
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 19:21:14 -0500
From: Sunder <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: CDR: Reverse engineering case law
Jim Choate wrote:
> I've a question for some of you real legal eagles out there....
>
> Is there any case law regarding the reverse engineering of automotive motors?
> How about electric motors, physical devices in general?
In a word: patents.
----- End of forwarded message from Sunder -----
Not.
Patents prevent you from reverse-engineering a device and then selling it as
your own invention. It does not prevent reverse engineering.
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