Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch

[Barry Margolin]

In article <kcbfa0dqg8gt3kcqqq4lbpts47u325ap03@4ax.com>,
 T. Max Devlin <tmax@localnet.com> wrote:

> I believe that either Mr. Schmo or Mr. Gates
> would be in violation of the Sherman Act should they seek to use their
> ownership of this patent to secure market share in preference to
> market size, regardless of whether it is OK or not as a patent.

Aren't patents effectively a legalized monopoly?  Could normal use of a 
patent really be considered a violation of the Sherman Act?

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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