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  1. Xref: sparky sci.crypt:6072 alt.security.pgp:375
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  3. From: smb@research.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
  4. Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security.pgp
  5. Subject: Re: Legal Stuff!
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec22.211913.17430@ulysses.att.com>
  7. Date: 22 Dec 92 21:19:13 GMT
  8. References: <1992Dec18.153529.18137@penet.fi> <1992Dec19.211405.22406@netcom.com> <bontchev.724943800@fbihh> <1992Dec21.203115.12176@netcom.com> <bontchev.725032635@fbihh>
  9. Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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  12. In article <bontchev.725032635@fbihh>, bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev) writes:
  13. > > 1. PGP cannot be imported legally
  14. > > since it violates RSA's patents.
  15. > 
  16. > Could you qote the law that states that importing of patented devices
  17. > is illegal?
  18.  
  19. I just asked a patent attorney I know.  Importing a patented device
  20. into the U.S. constitutes infringement, as does making, selling, or using
  21. the device.  Lots of other obvious loopholes are covered as well.
  22.