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<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">By chance I came along </span></font><a href="http://www.google.co.in/patents/US7472343"><font face="Consolas" color="#0000ff"><span style=" font-size:12pt"><u>US patent 7472343</u></span></font></a><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">, Publication
date30 Dec 2008. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">Claim 1 reads:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">A computer-implemented method of generating data representing a master document for
use in an automated document generation system, the master document including
predetermined elements of document content selected by rules operating on input
information, comprising:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">storing data representing a first mark-up notation or style and data representing a
second mark-up notation or style different to the first mark-up notation or style;</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">Claim 18 reads:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">A computer-implemented method of generating a master document for use in an automated
document generation system from an existing precedent for use in manual document
generation, the master document including predetermined elements of document content
selected by rules operating on input information, comprising:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">storing data representing a first mark-up style or notation of existing precedents
for use in manual document generation and data representing a second mark-up style or
notation of master documents for use in an automated document generation system;</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">...</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">Well, as a European I have strong problems with the US patent law anyway. But there
are more strange things around, which lead to the following statement in the
documentation of </span></font><a href="http://www.citavi.com/"><font face="Consolas" color="#0000ff"><span style=" font-size:12pt"><u>Citavi</u></span></font></a><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">, a pendant to </span></font><a href="http://www.endnote.com/"><font face="Consolas" color="#0000ff"><span style=" font-size:12pt"><u>EndNote</u></span></font></a><font
face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">. I strongly assume that the patent is
held by the EndNote maker (Thomson Reuters (Scientific) LLC). </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">«</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">In Citavi 3 it was possible to insert references into a document using place holders.
These place holders were then converted to formatted citations in a second step. At
the same time, a bibliography was created. This option worked with all programs that
support rich text format (rtf), including OpenOffice Writer, LibreOffice Writer und
Scrivener.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">Recently this </span></font><font face="Consolas" color="#c06000"><span style=" font-size:12pt">place holder conversion process was protected by a patent</span></font><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">. As long as
this patent is valid, we are unable to offer the option to convert place holders in
the United States.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">What does this mean for you?</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">• When you download and install Citavi 4 in the United States, this feature is not
available.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">• If you download and install Citavi outside the United States, this feature is
available. However, it will be deactivated if you are using Citavi in the United
States based on your IP address.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">What implications does this have in Citavi 4?</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">• If you use Citavi with the Add-In for Microsoft Word or with a LaTeX-Editor or if
you do not use Citavi to create publications, this restriction will not affect you.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Consolas"><span style=" font-size:12pt">• If you want to use Citavi with other word processors, you cannot do so in the
United States.</span></font></div>
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