> Salvatore Giudice wrote: > > Take a look at this patent: > > http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20060098624.html > > > > > > Title: Using session initiation protocol > > Document Type and Number:United States Patent 20060098624 > > Inventors: > > Morgan, David P. (Lexington, MA, US) > > Sullivan, Daniel B. (Charlestown, MA, US) > > Erickson, Jon A. (Scituate, MA, US) > > Giudice, Salvatore R. (Charlestown, MA, US) > > > > This is the kind of stuff that goes on in corporate America when it > comes to > > new technology and patent law. =) > > Holy cow. > > -Stephen-
You ain't kidding!!! Next thing you know someone will try to patent this: "User picks up communications unit human interface device, a.k.a. 'handset', in response to audible ringing indication (visual 'ring' indication is optional)." Just when I thought I couldn't have a lower expectation for a government agency - here comes the USPTO. Monumental foolishness. -MC P.S. - in broader terms, are there any of these patents that threaten FOSS telephony projects? _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
