On Monday 10 August 2009, Pranesh Prakash wrote: > I don't see how a patent would do a > better job of it than a print publication (especially if it is > available online for free, and shows up in web searches).
Copious published literature, prior art implementation and obviousness hasnt stopped USPTO from issuing M$ a patent on docs "encoded in xml", referred to in another thread. The process is so borked, one cant even begin to think of anything other than dumping patents. And this was the case from very early, with hughe disputes between various inventors and the likes of Alexander G. Bell, Thomas Edison, Charles Goodyear etc. It all depends on who can manipulate the system rather than any inventiveness. -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
