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> Their object was to never go to court, but set the "settlement" > at a low enough threshold to be paid to effectivly go away. > They never picked on big guys who would fight back. I can't > imagine them picking on CBM, cause the > pockets, far from being deep, are empty. It wouldn't be worth > the effort. If you don't protect your trademarks, copyrights, or patents, you lose them! They _do_ have to pick on everyone. They just pick a price low enough to not be worth fighting. If they let C= "get away" with not paying, then IBM could claim that they had abandoned the patent, and would refuse to pay. They probably know they will not get any money from C=, it's enough that they go though the motions to keep everything on the up & up. If C= finds a "clever" way to get machines into the US via Canada then they _must_ sue to stop the imports. Imports are covered by patent law, just like domestic sales. They can ask the US to enforce their patent at the border. —— Andrew