#aWW: Thompson and Morgan, an Ipswich-based plant seeds specialist, settled a patent claim brought by Chicago-based Divine against it in US courts for infringement of a business method patent which was also granted by the EPO. Yet Thompson and Morgan spokespersons believe that %(q:UK firms are probably outside Divine's grasp, unless they have subsidiaries or businesses in the US. ... UK-only firms are in a much stronger position to resist claims.) # Local Variables: ; # coding: utf-8 ; # srcfile: /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/phm/app/swpat/swpatpikta.el ; # mailto: mlhtimport@ffii.org ; # login: phm ; # passwd: YYYYY ; # feature: swpatdir ; # dok: ep803105 ; # txtlang: en ; # multlin: t ; # End: ;