From: Greg Colvin (greg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-26 22:23:18
I am not a lawyer ;->
From: "Chris Thomasson" <cristom_at_[hidden]>
"Greg Colvin" <greg_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:200611261808.kAQI8xwa002839_at_rs34.luxsci.com...
>> From: "Chris Thomasson" <cristom_at_[hidden]>
>
>> ... Do a patent search on lock-free...
>
> Lawyers have advised me not to read patents, as knowingly
> violating a patent is a worse crime than unknowingly doing
> so.
How is somebody going to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you read a
patent for sure? Even if you did a patent search, you might of just read the
Abstracts, and not any of the teachings... How to prove?