Mark Fortner wrote: > I'm not a lawyer but I would imagine that ODF predates Microsofts > attempts at XML-ifying Office and would therefore be considered prior > art. The only way the patent would stand up in court would be if the > scope only covered Microsoft Office (as opposed to anything > Office-like) or if the judge was technologically clueless. > How many USPTO officials and judges are not clueless when it comes to software technology?
It wouldn't seem that there could be a whole lot of them given the current state of affairs. -- Jess Holle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
