I'm no expert on this Julian, but it does seem utterly preposterous. Given that all their work is based on the Market Profile work done by Steidlmayer for the CBOT many years ago, it's hard to see how the own a patent to this work...
--- In [email protected], "jooleanlogic" <joole...@...> wrote: > > I've been working on my own footprint charts for Amibroker and was just > curious about the patents Market Delta claims: > http://www.marketdelta.com/Footprint_Chart_Vend > > Any IP guru's here that could explain to what extent this kind of patent > would reach? Is just the Footprint name Trademarked or have they actually > patented the chart type? I.e. A coloured rectangle on screen that shows bid > vs ask price. > That seems fairly crazy to me, yet they license the idea out at $25 per user. > Is the candle patented? :) > > Regards, > Julian. >
