Stewart Stremler wrote:
begin quoting Christian Seberino as of Mon, May 14, 2007 at 12:41:53PM -0700:
On Mon, May 14, 2007 11:51 am, Stewart Stremler wrote:
So I go back a few years. Software that was delivered *before* a patent
cannot be subject to a patent, as it is its own prior art.
I'm sure I have some old BSD releases around.
That would work if you didn't need any software developed in last 15-20
years. No USB, wifi or 3D video drivers for you....not to mention WWW.
Are you saying there was no "prior art" more that one year prior to the
patents for USB, wifi, or 3D video, or even the WWW? Apparently even
just one example of prior art for any of these nullifies the patent for it.
I'm failing to see a downside.
Me too.
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