On 14 May 2007 15:34:44 +0100, Ciaran O'Riordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A lot of patents are not upheld. When a patent office approves an application, that just means that some government employee thinks that the application looks correct. The real test is when the patent goes to a court case where it will be examined by a judge. The judge might uphold it, or might not. ...the problem is that court cases are very expensive, so this system is ok for big companies, but bad for the general public.
Not so much anymore. The patent climate has changed. All new software patent claims will most probably be thrown out. According to groklaw. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
