On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 11:28 +0200, Dave Cotton wrote: > Have a look at this article > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2005101916522254 > > Some of the comments are interesting. > > With any luck the US will patent itself into a corner. > >
Yup its insane, with that ruling it wouldnt be hard for someone to patent basically the selling of VoIP, forcing all small players under (or pay a license fee) and the large ones to either negotiate or pay large sums in court. This just gives me one more reason to leave, as if I didnt have enough already. I am just waiting for my lawsuit to be settled so I can escape. It sucks in America, its only getting worse (the patent stuff is just one more reason) and it wont change untill congress has more independants elected in. 66% of congress being of like mind and independant could change a lot of the sillyness like this patent issue, but you will never see that. 66% can stop any filibuster, 66% can overrule any veto, 66% can do a lot really quick. We only need 2 years of that (the house has 2 year terms). As long as the patent office is the way it is though I need to get on to filing my patent on a time displaced communications system (receive messages before they are sent, all the components are proven already just not stable :) -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel UK +44 870 340 4605 Germany +49 801 777 555 3402 US +1 360 207 0479 or +1 516 687 5200 FreeWorldDialup: 635378
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