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I'm pretty sure a product publicly available before the patent was registered can't legally be considered to be in violation of the patent...

• bbrtyth 14y ago
  No, not legally, but they will sic their lawyers on you and bleed you dry anyway.
  • slavak 14y ago
    Being sued for something like this sounds like a perfectly good way to make some patent lawyer very famous and yourself very rich. Maybe I'm just naive, though.
    • bbrtyth 14y ago
      The problem is you will be up against a legal team funded by millions of dollars and they will get you stuck in red tape for years. I don't think a lawyer would take that on commission. And I don't know a lot about it, but I don't think counter-suits are very lucrative in patent law anyway.