Re: [TPnone] New IBM laptop peripheral?

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From: Benjamin Koh (benkoh_at_stanford.edu)
Date: Wed May 24 2000 - 04:05:29 EDT

Dunno whether the email was sent as a joke, but the IBM patents site is
merely an archive - it has no relation to IBM's commercial ventures and
keeps track of all patents, IBM or not. In any case manufacturers of
such toys would certainly want to protect their intellectual property
rights too, and a patent is the smart way to do it.

benjamin

David Ross wrote:
>
> Just saw this on the real true genuine IBM patents site:
>
> http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?patent_number=5501650
>
> I guess that competition in the laptop field is forcing the
> manufacturers to
> look for radically new peripherals.
>
> - David R. 

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