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The company Las-R Printers decides to market a newly designed laser printer. After it begins to advertise but before completing any sales, Las-R discovers that its new printer is covered by a competitor's patent. Realizing that the potential liability could be staggering, the company withdraws the printer from the market and believes it is now safe from the threat of an infringement suit. Before 1994, that may have been the case. Now, however, Las-R Printers may still be liable for infringement because Congress changed the patent law such that merely offering to sell an invention is a form of infringement. 1