Very interesting. I'll see what Foodstuffs think of this, all those supermarkets...
Cruddy world we live in where people think it is sufficient to patent something as the obvious as a couple of database fields, then spend the next 20 years demanding royalties. NB: What is their "date of invention"? Clear evidence of prior art defeats any patent. > We have just become aware of another patent application that will affect > many in NZ, including us. In summary it is an application for a patent on > price and product labels that a retailer might produce where the text and > image on the label comes from a database. cheers, peter =========================================== Peter Hyde, Development Director, SPIS Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand * TCompress/TCompLHA component sets for Delphi/Kylix/C++ * TurboNote+: http://TurboNote.com -- top-rated onscreen sticky notes Find all the above and MORE at http://spis.co.nz --> via Canterbury Software email forum: Success through Connections Email your messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave or rejoin the list: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/forum.htm
