Ed Carp Said:
It has long been held that there is an exemption to 'patent infringment' for educational or other "non-commercial" uses.
Is this just for RSA, or for all patents? If PKP wanted to forbid academic use of RSA (or require a license for it), could they legally do so? Assume for now that the patent is valid, which it may not be... I ask all this because I often hear researchers looking for a cure for (insert your favorite aliment here) complain that they have to pay patent royalties on the gentically-modified animals they use in their work, and if, say, two patented rabbits produce offspring, they have to pay royalties on each of the offspring as well. This is academic use (to me anyway; I don't know about legally), but requires royalties. -- Dan Odom danodom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu -- Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS PGP key by finger or request.