--- Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I read this patent and I think it covers every conceivable method of
> communication between computers done by applications, connected by any
> means. If this patent is enfoceable, Microsoft would own the methods of
> communicating on any form of communication means applications could
> communicate with each other. Claim 1 defines this.
>
uh, no, not really. please read some more patents and get an understanding on
how
what is written in the patent application messhes together to form the patent.
> The USPTO does not enforce patents and patents are worthless until they
> stand up to a challenge in court.
>
Nonsense. Most patents, including ones on which millions of dollars are paid for
licences every year never get challenged in court.
> This patent looks to be largely unenforceable. Who are they going to
> take to court? Everybody on the internet or a network who is running
> applications that communicate with each other?
>
whoever violates in their opinion the things that patent really is about.
> Yes, the USPTO has really show its intelligence on this one.
>
> Alex Janssen
Sander
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