No intent to offend in the last post. Sounds like there is a lot I don't know... and it almost sounds like there are two levels of involvement at issue here? I just use Axure to create prototypes for websites and CDs for proof of concept and user testing. That's it. My big concern would be losing a tool from my workbox. I doubt that anything I am doing would be considered patent infringement.
It seems there are also people doing work that far exceeds mine in scope and sophistication, where patent issues could clearly come into play. The idea of having a seminar on this subject makes a great deal of sense and fills a need that perhaps we didn't know (some of us) we had! On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 1:28 PM, dave malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nancy, > We are not just car repairman here. There are many in this community > that work for companies like Axure and iRise. I.e. we are creators of > prototyping software, not just users of it. I.e. there are people on > this community board who are on the team for Thermo (Adobe's > prototyping solution to come out soon) and definitely people who work > on Expression Studio. > > But it isn't just about prototyping tools either. For example if you > are a consultant and employ the Adobe patented method for using panels > and palettes i a UI, or a Ribbon from MS, in your enterprise solution > or your public web site, you could be sued. So the question is whether > or not you INTENDED on breaking a patent, or just did it by accident. > Intentionality is a big part here that no one has addressed and it is > for this reason that people would like to black themselves out. > > Further, Fred's original post was not the problem so much as the > ones that pointed people to the explicit patents themselves. > > BTW, I've been at this for close to 20 years and I write patent > material and I have never had my HD subpoenaed. It is a VERY rare, > but painful occurance. It's like trying to avoid food that you are > not fatally allergic to. It just isn't worth all the itching and > scratching!!! > > -- dave > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=29941 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
