Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:06 AM 4/17/98 +0900, Ken lisaka wrote: >By the Allies. Then, they gave it to the Japanese so that the allies >would have a cheaper source of equipment. Nope. The Allies didn't "own" any of the patents to "give" them to the Japanese, nor did the Allies ever claim to "own" these intellectual properties. They simply said, on the grounds of political expedience, that they would permit the Japanese to steal the German patents. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!