Nice! Thanks. Better than the PTO's search; better than the patent search that IBM put up some years ago, and then sold off.
It does indeed find software patents. The problems, as the post I was replying to noted, are - If you're not a patent expert, it's tough to read a patent and understand what it covers. - Just searching patents will not tell you what has been subsequently invalidated by court action. They don't remove a patent from the database just because someone has demonstrated that it is not enforceable. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warner Mach Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 5:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones Charles Mills wrote: >I don't think so (but I'm not a patent attorney). If you can put your hand >on a Bible and swear that you did not think you were infringing, then it's >not willful infringement, AFAIK. I see where google has just released a search facility to search patents. This would, presumably, include software patents(?). Search seven million patents and be sure: http://www.google.com/patents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
