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Internet technology is not intellectual property

To whom it/05/concern:

I recently read of your patent infringement lawsuit against Dickson supply and ten others.

Web-based systems cannot be protected by patent. It is foolish to assume otherwise and I am pretty sure that this little tomfoolery of yours is going to bite you in your corporate ass.

You/05/protect your written creations (including software) with copyright and you/05/prevent those that you trade with from stealing your business secrets by issuing non-disclosure agreements.

But you can't patent what happens between computers on a network using html - much the same way you can copyright a book but you can't patent the English language.

As news of your heinous activity spreads across the internet, you will find yourself increasingly under pressure to desist. I urge you to stop now before this gets out of hand.

Regards, Dug

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dug falby

creative director pumpernickle.net http://www.pumpernickle.net

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