>"one or more" means that even if prior art exists, it can still be >patented. This is different from intellectual property where >anteriority prevent copyright. (at least in france)
I think the issue here is in your word "it". If "it" is the concept of a "docking station", then there is prior art and that concept can not be patented. If "it" is the concept of automatic detection and configuration, there is plenty of prior art for that, and unless they have come up with something completely novel, then that would be thrown out also. At a cursory glance, I could not see anything that I considered "novel". The problem with a patent like this one is that the patent itself is so broad MS would try to apply it to everything if it were granted. A daughter card for a motherboard could conceivably fit under this patent. md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: mad...@li.org 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association Board Member Emeritus: USENIX Association (2000-2006) (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
