To: public-lod@w3.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:54 AM
Subject: Yahoo! patent 7,747,648 court case
You may have seen in the news facebook are getting sued for using the following
patented technology
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1Sect2=HITOFFp=1u=/netahtml/PTO/search
...@gmail.com; public-lod@w3.org
public-lod@w3.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: Yahoo! patent 7,747,648 court case
The rub is in the use of mathematical models and computer science derived
modeling being patented for a specific use whereas the models themselves tend
You may have seen in the news facebook are getting sued for using the
following patented technology
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1Sect2=HITOFFp=1u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.htmlr=1f=Gl=50d=PALLRefSrch=yesQuery=PN/7747648%0A
Abstract
Systems and methods for information
How would anyone know?
Given that Yahoo is a member of the W3C, it cannot affect the w3c standards,
since they signed up to a no patent policy.
On 13 Mar 2012, at 13:54, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
You may have seen in the news facebook are getting sued for using the
following patented
Elaborating on what Henry said, occasionally a member of a standards
organization will (a) pursue a patent on a particular technology
deemed essential to implementing a standard and (b) wave royalties
for using the patented technology, as long as such use implements the
standard and remains
