Re: [oc] legal advice

[big8pack@yahoo.com]

Dear Mr. Lampret,

As an unsolicited favor I am responding to your last post.  Firstly I would 
like to say that it is unlikely that you will get a legitimate intellectual 
property lawyer to respond to your post on this forum.  There would far 
too much liabilty for that hypothetical individual.

That said, I will give you my own (non-legal) opinion on the letter from 
MIPS Technologies.  I am an engineer who has worked in the 
semiconductor industry over 10 years and I have read the entirety of 
the letter from MIPS Technologies.  If I were in your position I would 
take heed of the items Mr. Kurkowski outlines.  MIPS Technologies is 
company whose very survival depends, to a great degree, on its ability 
and willingness to defend its intellectual property.  I would guess very 
confidently that if you do not fully comply with MIPS' request you may 
be quickly facing legal action against you and OPENCORES.

Just my friendly opinion...

Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Damjan Lampret" <lampret@o... > 
To: <cores@o... > 
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 07:38:21 +0100 
Subject: [oc] legal advice 

> 
> 
> Hello All, 
> 
> is there any intellectual property lawyer on this list that could 
> give some 
> legal advice about this 
> http://www.opencores.org/2nd_mips_letter.pdf ? 
> 
> regards, 
> Damjan 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kurkowski, Jim" <jfk@m... > 
> To: <lampret@o... > 
> Cc: <rhoads@o... >; <cb@c... > 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 5:51 AM 
> Subject: "MIPS-lite" and "Yellow Star (MIPS R3000)" Core Offerings 
> 
> 
> > To: Damjan Lampret 
> > OpenCores.org 
> > 
> > Re: "MIPS-lite" and "Yellow Star (MIPS R3000)" Cores 
> > 
> > Dear Mr. Lampret: 
> > 
> > Attached is a letter directed to the above core offerings from 
> OpenCores. 
> > Please review this letter and contact me as soon as possible 
> to discuss 
> our 
> > requested action.  By copy of this email, I am also asking 
> Messrs. Rhoads 
> > and Brej to please contact me to discuss their individual 
> cores. 
> > 
> > Thank you for your attention to this matter. 
> > 
> > Very truly yours, 
> > James F. Kurkowski 
> > _____________________________ 
> > Director of Intellectual Property 
> > MIPS Technologies, Inc. 
> > 1225 Charleston Road 
> > Mountain View, CA 94043-1353 
> > Phone: 650.567.5166 
> > Fax: 650.567.5154 
> > Email: jfk@m...  
> > ______________________________ 
> > 
> > This email message may contain confidential, proprietary 
> and/or privileged 
> > information.  Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or 
> distribution is 
> > prohibited.  If you are not the intended recipient, please 
> contact the 
> > sender by reply email and destroy all copies of this message.  
> Thank you. 
> > 
> >  <<2.4.02 Lampret Letter.pdf>> 
> > 
> 
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