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I don't know US law, but is this http://www.quizlaw.com/patents/what_are_the_penalties_for_pat.php http://www.quizlaw.com/patents/what_are_the_penalties_for_pa.

by atirip 14y ago

I don't know US law, but is this http://www.quizlaw.com/patents/what_are_the_penalties_for_pat.php http://www.quizlaw.com/patents/what_are_the_penalties_for_pa... correct? You see, if there's only monetary penalties and company is sued then no individal is in danger of any sort. I mean (2) and (3) often came around in such discussions, so I have to ask: is anybody ever arrested in US and thrown in jail when that somebody's company potentially owns money to somebody. Because at least in Europe I'm not aware of cases even when some individual owns money to somebody and he can be arested - the only method of extracting money out of somebody is seizing the assets. Realistically (1) is the only thing you can do as patent owner. All you can do is try to prevent sales in US. But still, Swedish company can not break any US law.

rprasad 14y ago
The U.S. specifically forbids debtor's prison. You cannot be thrown in jail simply for owing money to someone. European countries copied this right from the U.S. when they got around to modernizing their legal systems.
- bragh 14y ago
  Not American, but can't you be jailed for contempt of court? http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jailed-for--280--the-return-of-debtors--prisons.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jailed-for--280--the-return-of... http://farquharlaw.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/debtors-prison-end-run-in-california-and-elsewhere-beware-contempt-of-court-and-the-debtors-exam/ http://farquharlaw.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/debtors-prison-e...
  - rprasad 14y ago
    Not paying a judgement against you is not contempt of court. In the Yahoo Article, the woman arrested failed to show up to multiple court hearings, despite receive notice at the proper address. The fact that the court hearings related to a debt was incidental. Blame shoddy journalism. The second one, is a blog post, which actually talks about something entirely different from a debtor's prison. It refers to a "debtor's exam", which is a fancy way of saying that your finances are examined to see if you can afford to pay the debt. No prison time involved. Intrusive maybe, but warranted if you haven't paid the debt at issue.
    - gsb 14y ago
      Plenty of Judges treat not paying a judgement against you as contempt of court. Even though it is not supposed to happen, it often does. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/opinion/06mon4.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/opinion/06mon4.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/opinion/return-of-debtors-prisons.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/opinion/return-of-debtors-... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704396504576204553811636610.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870439650457620... Debtor's prison is alive and well in America.

by atirip 14y ago

rprasad 14y ago

The U.S. specifically forbids debtor's prison. You cannot be thrown in jail simply for owing money to someone. European countries copied this right from the U.S. when they got around to modernizing their legal systems.

bragh 14y ago
Not American, but can't you be jailed for contempt of court? http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jailed-for--280--the-return-of-debtors--prisons.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jailed-for--280--the-return-of... http://farquharlaw.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/debtors-prison-end-run-in-california-and-elsewhere-beware-contempt-of-court-and-the-debtors-exam/ http://farquharlaw.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/debtors-prison-e...
- rprasad 14y ago
  Not paying a judgement against you is not contempt of court. In the Yahoo Article, the woman arrested failed to show up to multiple court hearings, despite receive notice at the proper address. The fact that the court hearings related to a debt was incidental. Blame shoddy journalism. The second one, is a blog post, which actually talks about something entirely different from a debtor's prison. It refers to a "debtor's exam", which is a fancy way of saying that your finances are examined to see if you can afford to pay the debt. No prison time involved. Intrusive maybe, but warranted if you haven't paid the debt at issue.
  - gsb 14y ago
    Plenty of Judges treat not paying a judgement against you as contempt of court. Even though it is not supposed to happen, it often does. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/opinion/06mon4.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/opinion/06mon4.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/opinion/return-of-debtors-prisons.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/opinion/return-of-debtors-... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704396504576204553811636610.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870439650457620... Debtor's prison is alive and well in America.