X-Message-Number: 15237 Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 14:57:26 -0500 From: <> Subject: Licensing of vitrification methods by CI References: <> Charles Platt wrote (message 15229): CI has no god-given right to adopt procedures that are protected by patents. CI can use these procedures if, and only if, the patent holders grant a license. Ettinger has been reminded of this repeatedly, but has always refused to mention it, preferring to imply that CI will adopt the results of other people's research at its own discretion. Is this actually a possibility? That is, is it a possibility that the holders of the patent would refuse to grant CI a license to use these techniques, supposing of course that CI was willing to pay the price they were asking? (Naturally, an authoritative answer of `yes' would have interesting implications.) dan Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15237