The first patent describes dynamic website which would include php, perl, asp, jsp, java, ... By granting a trivial patent with a ton of prior art out there the US patent office has pushed a small company (eharmony) to defend itself in court. Even though this patent will likely be thrown out eharmony (http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:r6Kh1BPn7UkJ:www.iptoday.com/pdf_current/RFC%2520Final.pdf+eharmony+epicrealm&hl=en) and in doing so is forcing the company to fight what might be an expensive legal battle..
1 posted on
08/09/2005 6:16:20 AM PDT by
N3WBI3
To: ShadowAce
2 posted on
08/09/2005 6:53:00 AM PDT by
N3WBI3
(If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
3 posted on
08/09/2005 6:54:37 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: N3WBI3
I'm so glad my government is involved in promoting "the progress of science and useful arts". I think they should make patents perpetual just like copyrights.</sarcasm>
4 posted on
08/09/2005 7:19:33 AM PDT by
zeugma
(Democrats and muslims are varelse...)
To: softwarecreator
This is where I was going with the problems of software patents..
5 posted on
08/09/2005 8:07:20 AM PDT by
N3WBI3
(If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
To: N3WBI3
The USPTO long ago stopped doing its duty, instead letting the courts vet the patents. It's not all their fault since Congress has been siphoning off their examination fees, leaving them grossly understaffed.
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