"BCS" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Hello Nick, > >> Seems a weak reason. A programmer that's worried about infringing >> software patents can't write anything more useful than "Hello World". >> I'm seriously not convinced at all that it's even possible to write >> useful code that doesn't technically infringe on some software patent. >> As a programmer, either you accept the fact that what you do is >> inevitably going to trample software patents, or you just simply don't >> be a programmer. That's all there is. >> > > Or keep an eye on what people have actually been sued over and don't do > that. > > In this case I'd be surprised if it could stand up in court.
Especially since the Plaintiff would apperently be the modern-day Borland. Do they even exist anymore? If they do, would they even be able to afford a lawyer? > Unless SEH is insanely convoluted to implement I can't see how the patent > passes the non-obviousness criteria. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventive_step_and_non-obviousness > > I wonder if you can get a patent thrown out as invalid without someone > infringing on it? > I've wondered that, too. Actually, I've wondered that about US laws in general. Being a US citizen (and having passed the manditory "American Government" class in high school) I probably *should* know... :/
