Hello! IANAL, but this IBM patent looks suspicious: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/net... (Found on http://slashdot.org/articles/01/10/17/005232.shtml) Oleg. -- Oleg Broytmann http://www.zope.org/Members/phd/ phd@phd.pp.ru Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
+-------[ Oleg Broytmann ]---------------------- | Hello! | | IANAL, but this IBM patent looks suspicious: | http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/net... I look forward to the patent violation suit against Microsoft w.r.t. to Frontpage. d8) There are some bizarre unenforcable patents out there if you look hard enough. Microsoft apparently holds a patent on transferring data across a bus from a device to memory. The fact this was happening before Microsoft existed didn't stop them from getting a patent. -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | | ACN: 082 081 472 ABN: 83 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|
On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 06:25:46PM +1000, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote:
+-------[ Oleg Broytmann ]---------------------- | Hello! | | IANAL, but this IBM patent looks suspicious: | http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/net...
I look forward to the patent violation suit against Microsoft w.r.t. to Frontpage. d8)
No. These Big Boys will make a bargain and will play hard against smaller ones :(
There are some bizarre unenforcable patents out there if you look hard enough.
I know.
Microsoft apparently holds a patent on transferring data across a bus from a device to memory. The fact this was happening before Microsoft existed didn't stop them from getting a patent.
"didn't stop that dumb P* Office from issueing the patent" :( Oleg. -- Oleg Broytmann http://www.zope.org/Members/phd/ phd@phd.pp.ru Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote:
There are some bizarre unenforcable patents out there if you look hard enough.
The fact is that patent offices, particularly in the US and AU are just plain stupid or very money hungry. IIRC an oz patented the wheel last year ! bye, Jerome Alet
+-------[ Jerome Alet ]---------------------- | On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote: | | > There are some bizarre unenforcable patents out there if you look hard enough. | | The fact is that patent offices, particularly in the US and AU are just | plain stupid or very money hungry. | | IIRC an oz patented the wheel last year ! Now that's just creative! d8) -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | | ACN: 082 081 472 ABN: 83 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|
On Wednesday 17 October 2001 18:47, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote:
+-------[ Jerome Alet ]----------------------
| On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote: | > There are some bizarre unenforcable patents out there if you look hard | > enough. | | The fact is that patent offices, particularly in the US and AU are just | plain stupid or very money hungry. | | IIRC an oz patented the wheel last year !
Now that's just creative! d8)
Someone here recently got a copyright on a huge set of the possible melodies produced by a touch-tone telephone. Most of them just happen to correspond to phone numbers. The theory is that you can buy your phone number's melody from them for a trivial fee, and then sue someone for copyright infringement when they "play" your melody without your prior consent (ie. cold-calling marketing companies :) Richard
On Wednesday 17 October 2001 18:47, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote:
+-------[ Jerome Alet ]----------------------
| On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote: | > There are some bizarre unenforcable patents out there if you look hard | > enough. | | The fact is that patent offices, particularly in the US and AU are just | plain stupid or very money hungry. | | IIRC an oz patented the wheel last year !
Now that's just creative! d8)
Someone here recently got a copyright on a huge set of the possible melodies produced by a touch-tone telephone. Most of them just happen to correspond to phone numbers. The theory is that you can buy your phone number's melody from them for a trivial fee, and then sue someone for copyright infringement when they "play" your melody without your prior consent (ie. cold-calling marketing companies :)
Hmmmm. Maybe I should patent a mailing list. *Oops - maybe I shouldn't have said anything yet, now I gotta beat all those who are trying to steal my idea.* Oh, and by the way, I'm the father of the desktop. Tommy Innovation: The Best Way To Predict The Future ... Is To Create It.
On Thursday 18 October 2001 10:34, Tommy Johnson wrote:
On Wednesday 17 October 2001 18:47, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote:
+-------[ Jerome Alet ]----------------------
| On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote: | > There are some bizarre unenforcable patents out there if
you look hard
| > enough. | | The fact is that patent offices, particularly in the US and
AU are just
| plain stupid or very money hungry. | | IIRC an oz patented the wheel last year !
Now that's just creative! d8)
Someone here recently got a copyright on a huge set of the possible melodies produced by a touch-tone telephone. Most of them just happen to correspond to phone numbers. The theory is that you can buy your phone number's melody from them for a trivial fee, and then sue someone for copyright infringement when they "play" your melody without your prior consent (ie. cold-calling marketing companies :)
Hmmmm. Maybe I should patent a mailing list. *Oops - maybe I shouldn't have said anything yet, now I gotta beat all those who are trying to steal my idea.*
I should mention that the person in question was an artist, making a point :) I believe it was the same case with the person who patented the wheel (but not the same person) Richard
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