On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 17:34:23 +0100 Steve Searle <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Around 05:28pm on Sunday, July 08, 2007 (UK time), Les Mikesell scrawled: > > > Which still leaves open the question of how many times you have to pay > > to license the same patent for the same device, or whether you can > > rearrange the bits in one licensed program? > > Never! As a user you do not buy a licence for the patent - you would > only do that if you were going to manufacturei (code) and distribute > something that uses the patented process. Or use it. Usage is sufficient in the USSA. In the case of a product there is other law which requires the seller of a product (in the usual sense) to end consumers is obliged to ensure that they are licensed the appropriate patents they need with the product.
