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- From: smb@research.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
- Subject: Re: [legality of PGP etc.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.145352.27914@ulysses.att.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 14:53:52 GMT
- References: <12.2B394400@purplet.demon.co.uk> <1hgedgINNbn0@leela.CS.ORST.EDU>
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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- In article <1hgedgINNbn0@leela.CS.ORST.EDU>, mcbeeb@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Brian Mcbee) writes:
- > I have heard mention several times here the possibility of forcing a test
- > case with PKP over PGP. I don't believe this is possible. I think PKP
- > has to sue an infringer. It is therefore totally up to PKP as to whether
- > this ever goes to court.
-
- Nope. For example, MCI just filed a lawsuit seeking to have some AT&T
- patents declared invalid. And AT&T hasn't sued them; it's simply filed
- a complaint with the FCC. (Source: articles this week in the Wall Street
- Journal and on the AP wire.)
-