--------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This email does not contain legal advice. This email also does not establish a solicitor-client relationship. You should neither take nor fail to take any action based on any information in this email. If you have a legal issue, then retain legal counsel. -------------------------- On 03/11/2014 01:21 PM, Tristan Santore wrote:
On 11/03/14 17:19, Richard Fontana wrote:On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 05:11:33PM +0000, Tristan Santore wrote:Fortunately, for us people in Europe, those issues only apply indirectly.If it makes you feel happy believing that, by all means proceed with that belief. - RFPlease elaborate further. ;-} I am all ears.
I'm not sure, but I believe Richard is referring to the extent to which either: (a) Patents that read on (or may be interpreted as reading on) RPMFusion packages have been granted in at least some European countries, and opens up the providers of the RPMFusion packages to potential patent infringement claims in those European countries to which the RPMFusion is territorially connected (e.g. servers or repository mirrors in Italy); OR
(b) The breathtaking extent to which American courts are willing to exert extraterritorial jurisdiction over the provision of services over the Internet. As I understand it, merely providing a service on a website accessible to the United States (meaning no geo-IP blocking) is enough for lots of American judges to assert the jurisdiction of American law (including the enforcement of American patents). For these judges, the location of the service provider and the location of the server hosting the online service is irrelevant; OR
(c) both (a) and (b) Of course, Richard might be referring to something else. Best, Adam Saunders
Regards, Tristan
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