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From: cyeh <cyeh>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 01:33:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added LEGAL document to conform to NPL.

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+Please be apprised of the following Legal Notices:
+
+A) Wang contends that its U.S. Patent No. 4, 751,669 ("the '669
+Patent") disclosing a "video text" system, is infringed by the following
+functionality in the Netscape Navigator code: 1) the animated logo and
+status line indicators --See Claims 1,8 and 9; 2)  the "File Save As"
+function --See Claims 23-27; 3) Bookmarks and Rename Bookmarks in the
+Properties window --See Claims 20-22; 4) storing HTML, GIF, and JPEG
+files and adding filename extensions based on mime types (performed in
+Windows OS) --See Claim 38.  Netscape believes the '669 Patent is
+invalid and non-infringed. Netscape is vigorously defending against
+Wang's claims.
+
+B)   Intermind owns pending U.S. patent applications on communications
+systems which employ metadata ("channel objects") to define a control
+structure for information transfer.  The Netscape code does not infringe
+as released; however, modifications which utilize channel objects as
+described by Intermind should be considered carefully. The following is
+a statement from Intermind:  "Intermind's claims fundamentally involve
+the use of a control structure to automate communications. ...The
+essence of Intermind's top claim is that two devices sender and
+receiver have persistent storage, communicate over a network,
+and exchange a control structure including metadata which describes: 1)
+what information is to be updated, 2) when to update this information,
+and 3) how to transfer the updated information. In addition, at  least
+the receiving device must be able to process the metadata in order to
+perform the update determination and transfer. Any digital
+communications system which incorporates all of these elements will be
+covered by Intermind's patents."  See Intermind.com.
+
+C) Stac, Inc., and its licensing agent Hi/fn, own several patents which
+disclose data compression methods implementing an LZS compression
+algorithm, including U.S. Patent Nos.  4,701,745 and 5,016, 009 ("the
+Stac Patents").  The Netscape Communicator code  does not perform
+compression. If you modify the Netscape source code to perform
+compression, please take notice of the Stac Patents.
+