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I know this is kind of muddy, but I hope it cuts through some of the confusion in the discussion above, and the 2012 date does not apply. Although some of the sources say 2010 (erroneously) it's clearly not 2012. [[User:TJRC|TJRC]] ([[User talk:TJRC|talk]]) 00:00, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
:The overwhelming majority of all people reading this article will do it from a very practical perspective: They want to know after what date IDEA can safely be used without the fear of patent infringement. They don't read it for theoretical purposes about what interactions of what laws might cause exceptions. And from this perspective, the article states (correctly, it may be added) that IDEA is safe to use after January 7, 2012: it is "expiring not later than January 7, 2012". It doesn't deny it may be legal to use it before that date, but this question has not been discussed before except for what has been written above. The article acknowledges that "expiry [may take place] as early as May 16, 2011", but, as you admit yourself, this "constitutes original research". You present a complex and long analysis above to support this claim. Such analyses are sometimes wrong (in less obvious places)—without any bad intent. The world is a complicated thing. Even for a U.S. patent attorney. ;) I hope we can agree that the article presents the situation in a fair manner. Repeating your arguments in the article, in addition to what is said already, would give it undue weight. --[[User:Rtc|rtc]] ([[User talk:Rtc|talk]]) 17:31, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
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