Positive _(al)though_

[Wilson Gray]

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> "infringe a patent"
>
> as opposed to the formerly-standard,
>
> "infringe _upon_ a patent."
>

I'm sorry, Joel! I should have written:

"infringe patent rights"

as opposed to the formerly-standard

"infringe _upon_ patent rights."

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
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