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Re: Auto-forward: Re: Network Layer Encryption History and Prior Art
At 01:43 PM 6/19/96 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
>I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that following the
>enactment of the Freedom of Information Act, all unclassified
>government documents that do not contain personal information covered
>by the privacy act and are not germane to a current legal
>investigation are public documents. My understanding is that the fact
>that any member of the general public can get access to them is in all
>likelyhood sufficient for patent prior art purposes.
Gee it is so fun to play lawyer!
When was FIA passed? If it post dates the filing, then these docs probably
do not constitute prior art.
Robert Moskowitz
Chrysler Corporation
(810) 758-8212
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