Clearly something is F'ed with the patent system when the doubly linked list has been patented:
http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2010/03/the-doubly-linked-list-appears-to-have-been-patented.html Some problems: - Patent office employees would have to be intimately familiar with the software industry to know what is obvious and what isn't. The quality of people working in the patent office is very inconsistent. You get a patent depending on who is reviewing your applicaiton. - companies are simply building war chests of patents to defend against other companies. from what our patent lawyer at my company has said, once someone sues, all your IP is open to question. It's a big game of chicken. Not the intent of the patent system. - I'm sorry, but 1 click, pinch to zoom are obvious. once you know how cookies work, the 1 click thing presents itself pretty quickly. once you have a multi touch screen available to you, again pinch to zoom presents itself. a few questions to software patent supporters: - should it have been possible to patent tag clouds? - should it have been possible to patent the concept of selling products online? -- 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.
