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Old 10-09-2003, 08:39 PM  
Mr.Fiction
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Originally posted by FightThisPatent


Berman said in a YNOT interview that other patent holders charge like 6-10%....
Did he name companies and patents?

They are probably comparing patents and percentages that are irrelevant to this case.

If you have a patent on a small part that is used in automobile manufacturing, you cannot ask Ford for 6-10% of their gross sales. It simply does not happen in business that way.

There are a countless patents in the world, yet there are few companies in the entire world who would ever consider giving up 10% of their gross income.

I would be interested in knowing the names of a few companies who give up over 8% of their gross income to a single patent holder on a patent that is not the central part of their business.

Good lawyers would not allow it to happen.
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