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RE[6]: Comment by bongo_x
by Thom_Holwerda on Mon 30th Nov 2009 18:16 UTC in reply to "RE[5]: Comment by bongo_x"
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You should read the OP original question. He was asking, quite plainly, whether or not Apple could lose the rights to its IP if they do not defend it. The answer to this question is NO. Apple does not lose its patents or copyrights if they do not actively defend them.

He was CLEARLY confusing this with trademarks, which you DO have to actively protect.

Your comment is entirely accurate in that laches may come into play if you f. ex. wait too long, but laches or no, you do NOT lose the IP in question. Your patent is still your patent. This is quite clearly what my comment stated, yet you felt the need to attack me for no apparent reason, just because you failed to read the OP question.

So no, I was not wrong. You just failed to read the question properly.

Edited 2009-11-30 18:18 UTC

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