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(i.e.,infringer) that sold or used toasters. So from an infringement viewpoint
(and thus licensing-potential viewpoint), life couldn’t be better.
e problem of course is that this claim is woefully invalid. Why? Because it encom-
passes almost every toaster ever built. It’s probably just a matter of time before
archeologists discover that Cleopatra had such a toaster. e no-shame claim is far
too general given the actual description of the invention. It is impossible to distin-
guish the laser toaster no-shame claim from a conventional (if not antediluvian)
toaster. Yet, t