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Here is a direct link to the US patent Issued to DET
Yours in success,
Gary Rimell
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Sent: Friday, 11 July 2003 11:21
Subject: [csforum] more patent info
FYI, more coverage on the patent fight in the Herald
at:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3511840
(Anyone
seen if the Press has picked this up?)
The story says that "the
Ministry of Economic Development said the only
action that could be taken
was by those questioning the patent's validity.
"This is a commercial
matter. If people wish to dispute the validity of
the patent there are
mechanisms in the Patents Act (1953) for them to seek
to have the patent
revoked."
The most common grounds for a patent being revoked are where
it can be
shown that the invention is not new or that "the invention
claimed is an
obvious progression of what has gone before".
So the
patent was granted in New Zealand in June 2002 -- anyone else got
any
examples of use before then? Or, following on from Fraser's
posting,
ideally from 1997? Is it really distinctly different to
undertaking the
same process with a person on the end of a phone line? Or a
fax form?
Sounds like it's going to cost a lot to find out -- the
Herald story notes
that attempting to have a patent declared invalid could
cost up to
$150,000!
More info here:
http://www.fightthepatent.co.nz/
Cheers,
Vicki
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