Darcy James Argue wrote:
On 08 Jun 2004, at 05:45 AM, dhbailey wrote:
The patent application date is July 12, 2002, so whether Palm One and Symbian are using similar systems, the point would be whether they began using those systems before July 12, 2002 or not.
That's one issue. Another is whether it is reasonable to receive a patent for the various clicking patterns in the first place. In my view, it's absurd to give patents for such things -- same with Amazon's "one-click buying." These are just not patentable ideas.
- Darcy
I quite agree with you, but that assumes reasonable human beings making the decisions, and ever since the first look-and-feel patent case (wasn't that lotus, or was it excel?) it has been eminently clear that reasonableness and patent-office-employment are mutually exclusive concepts.
-- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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