--- begin forwarded text From: Brad Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FW: Preventing a bad Patent Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:31:24 -0500 Sean is a friend and fellow traveller down the freedom path. If you could offer any advice, suggestions or referrals, it would be most appreciated. (he is affliated with HavenCo and Sealand, on the front lines protecting our privacy rights!). Thanks. > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Hastings [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 12:27 PM > To: Bradley Jenson > Subject: Preventing a bad Patent > > Bradley, > > I am asking your advice in this matter, as you are more connected to > government stuff than anyone else I know. I did some design work on > electronic monetary systems when I was living in Anguilla several years > ago. > My Partner Vince Cate is currently trying to patent the work we did. > Originally he agreed that if he received this patent he would open source > it > for all to use freely, so I signed the rights over to him. I didn't have > any > time to do anything with it anyway. Now it looks as if he actually intends > to license the patent for a fee if he gets it, and this will have harmful > effects on open source eCurrency systems already in existence (of course I > did not get his promise not to do this in writing). I do not want to see > another case like the RSA patent, or the digicash blinding patent, both of > which have chilled the development of an online free markets for years. I > also don't think the work is particularly patantable, but I would rather > not > risk it if there is something I can do. Do you know how I can prevent a > patent from being awarded to him? Do you know anyone who would be able to > help me in this matter? > > --Sean Hastings > --mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > --http://sean.hastings.ai > --vmsg/fax:1.800.why.sean --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
