[comp.sys.apple] Patents

doug@HCX.PSU.EDU (Doug Hughes) (10/23/89)

I'm not sure about copyrights. 75 seems to be the consensus.. But I'm very
sure that patents last 17 years.. Why? I don't know.. seems very arbitrary
to me.. *shrug*
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UD161733@VM1.NODAK.EDU (Joe Carlin) (10/24/89)

Know any law students?  They'd probably know all about those patent/copyright
years, or at least how to find out.