As Sir Charles said, costs.

A large company can afford to prolong a patent case well beyond the means of a
single individual or small company. Even a clear and obvious patent infringement
cannot be defended without a suitable legal team.

Hoover ripped off Dyson and the fight went on for years - now Dyson were by then
a large enough company to last the distance, but as an example of a simple and
obvious infringement turning into a protracted series of legal challenges it's
very depressing.


"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message news:3dd0fadc@news.povray.org...
> Dr Engelbert Buxbaum <eng### [at] webde> wrote:
> > You have to be able to defend them in the legal system,
> > and that is virtually impossible for a small inventor.
>
>   Can you explain why?
>
> --
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