Well said, Mike King! The company should collect its profits
  by selling its products, not by threatening to sue its
  customers. 
                    John Kiernan, London, Canada.
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On Mon, 22 May 2000, Mike King wrote:

> I've just tossed my NEN catalogs in the trash and will not use NEN as a
> vendor as long as they persist in this attitude. I made my biotin tyramide
> based on openly published journal articles long before their patent or
> product.  Although I rarely need to use the amplification technique, it is
> supremely arrogant of this company to stomp on researchers trying to be
> economical with the public funding that supports their labs.  To add insult
> to injury NEN's pricing of BT products is extortional when you know how
> little it costs to make this simple stuff yourself.
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