Re: LPF Statement on the GIF controversy (LZW patent)

[mikebw@bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)]

> In order to protect the validity of a patent, the holder is obliged to
> try to enforce it in an essentially non-discriminatory manner.

 BP> Our patent attorney insists this is _not_ the case.

Let me try to rephrase that thought in a manner which might be more acceptable
to your attorney: failure to enforce a patent will weaken its enforceability.

-- Mike