Maybe they should set up an anonymous forwarder...... ---------------------------- begin included text ------------------ From: SMTP%"srctran@world.std.com" 5-JUL-1994 09:23:35.81 Subj: PAT NEWS: Wanna be a patent spy for the Justice Department? Date: Tue, 5 Jul 1994 09:02:00 -0400 From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) Message-Id: <199407051302.AA01920@world.std.com> To: patents@world.std.com Subject: PAT NEWS: Wanna be a patent spy for the Justice Department? Want to be a spy? Here's your chance. The US Department of Justice is seeking evidence of restraint of trade and monopolization in the computer and telecommunications industry. Currently their big investigation is that of Microsoft, but they are looking for other cases of abuse of economic power by dominant companies. With regards to patents, the Justice Department is looking for cases where the owner of a patent denied a potential licensee a license for the patent, while giving licenses to some of your competitors. Maybe this is a case of anti-trust, depending on market conditions. Of course, given that some companies might be unwilling to inform on their suppliers or competitors, the Justice Department is open to anonymous tips from knowledgable sources. While you can have your attorney contact and meet with Justice Department attorneys, you can also send in tips, via, you guess it, the Internet: antitrust@justice.usdoj.gov Be that Deep Electronic Throat!!! Greg Aharonian Internet Patent News Service (for subscription info, send 'help' to patents@world.std.com) (for prior art search services info, send 'prior' to patents@world.std.com) --------------------------- end included text --------------------------- Brad bdolan@well.sf.ca.us