On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:24:10 +0100 Daniele Ricci <daniele.ath...@gmail.com> said:
> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 15:41, Dave Andreoli <d...@gurumeditation.it> wrote: > > Yeah , ABSOLUTELY!! What can we do to stop this patent? 8pen > > is EXACTLY the same as quikwriting. what can we do? are you > > involved in the quikwriting project? did you contact them? > > > > DaveMDS > > > > I contacted the 8pen company: just one reply and that's it. They're > not responding any more. Probably they think they're in a bad > position. > I also sent a mail to prof. Perlin, the quickwriting creator, no reply. > > What about FSF? if you have prior art, take it plus some reasonable proof of its age (ie date it was released, proper believable timestamps, emails, communications, physical papers printed out with dates etc.) and go to the patent office the patent is being filed at - and contact them that you know of a patent and believe you have prior art. dont talk to the company. they dont much care and wont stop the patent process now they are this far. they will let the patent office decide. if they get it granted, they are happy. they dont care about your prior art. that patent is worth money in investment from vc firms and legally a stick they can use, until its invalidated. if you want to make an impact - block the patent before its granted by providing a large amount of believable information to the patent office on prior art. remember believable to THEM, not YOU. dates in emails and on files and in svn/git logs are nor believable in and of themselves. they are forgeable. if you have an overwhelming set of such data from multiple sources and witness statements with signatures on actual paper, then you have something beginning to be believable. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
