PATENTS & LICENSES -- Covering Their Assets

ImageX is open to exploring a potential business relationship with any company, Begert says, so its intent isn't to use the patents as an anti-competition weapon. "I've found that people in the printing industry may be a little naive around the issue of patents. In the software industry, a lot of business relationships are negotiated as a result of patent infringement issues. There's a need for education on this subject."