begin quoting Bob La Quey as of Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 12:59:14PM -0700: > On 10/13/07, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > Between prior art and the bloody obvious, I can't see even the present > > corporatist courts upholding this. > > As my inventor friend Bob Hotto likes to say > "Obvious is a function of time." The first > patent was filed in the late 80's and granted > in 1991. Thye will likely argue that the claims > were "Not obvious" then. > > The issue of prior art, properly obsfucated by > "good"lawyers before a jury can be argued damn > near anyway.
Amiga, 1985. But I fear that you're right... > The software patent system is such a mess ... > it could take decades to sort the mess out but > this looks like an important early battle. Don't patents have an enforce-it-or-lose-it clause? -- I ain't giving up my virtual desktops. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
