Patents [OT] (Was: RE: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting)

2004-02-16 Thread Richard Bytheway
-Original Message- From: Mally [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 February 2004 7:12 pm To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting You may not be a patent lawyer, but that's a convincing sounding explanation of the legal position

Re: Patents [OT] (Was: RE: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting)

2004-02-16 Thread Erik Hofman
Richard Bytheway wrote: There was a comment on the /. discussion on this subject that the examiners have a quota of patents applications to process each week, so there is little incentive to dig too deep. I hope this is not the case, but it might be. Ok. But since the patent request was filed

Re: Patents [OT] (Was: RE: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting)

2004-02-16 Thread Mally
-devel] XML SCripting) -Original Message- From: Mally [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 February 2004 7:12 pm To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting You may not be a patent lawyer, but that's a convincing sounding explanation

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-14 Thread Erik Hofman
Mally wrote: You may not be a patent lawyer, but that's a convincing sounding explanation of the legal position. PS. I'm just wondering if you have any thoughts on my earlier question, i.e. whether what's being patented has to be something non-obvious? I didn't notice anything not obvious. They

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-14 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Tony Peden wrote: PS. I'm just wondering if you have any thoughts on my earlier question, i.e. whether what's being patented has to be something non-obvious? Amazon: One-click ordering. I think the answer is no. Even if it's something that has to be non-obvious, that only means you have to

RE: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-14 Thread Norman Vine
Curtis L. Olson writes: Tony Peden wrote: PS. I'm just wondering if you have any thoughts on my earlier question, i.e. whether what's being patented has to be something non-obvious? Amazon: One-click ordering. I think the answer is no. Even if it's something that has to be

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Mally
Can someone file a formal complain to this Microsoft patent: This may be a good starter page for anyone wanting to file a protest: http://www.uspto.gov/main/faq/p340030.htm Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version:

RE: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Jon Berndt
, February 13, 2004 5:16 AM To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting Can someone file a formal complain to this Microsoft patent: This may be a good starter page for anyone wanting to file a protest: http://www.uspto.gov/main/faq/p340030.htm Mally

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Mally
Presumably it can be traced back via CVS? Mally - Original Message - From: Jon Berndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlightGear developers discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 12:34 PM Subject: RE: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting Holy ... ! JSBSim has been doing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Josh Babcock
-devel] XML SCripting Can someone file a formal complain to this Microsoft patent: This may be a good starter page for anyone wanting to file a protest: http://www.uspto.gov/main/faq/p340030.htm Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Josh Babcock
that this is patentable is absurd. Jon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mally Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 5:16 AM To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting Can someone file a formal complain

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Mally
Josh Ummm, maybe I should have checked /. before posting that, they ran the story last night. Unsend Unsend Unsend! No problem, except that you didn't quote the actual post you were trying to unsend (Perhaps someone could try posting the story to Slashdot), which was a bit confusing. However

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Mally
Richard You may not be a patent lawyer, but that's a convincing sounding explanation of the legal position. Thanks. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.581 / Virus Database: 368 - Release Date: 10/02/04

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Cameron Moore
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Berndt) [2004.02.13 07:27]: JSBSim has been doing this for some time, now. I can't remember just how long, We include XML scripts from other scripts. The claim that this is patentable is absurd. Jon Presumably it can be traced back via CVS? Mally This is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:15:19 -0600 Cameron Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW, Microsoft filed their patent on Dec. 1, 2000. The CVS entry you reference was from Apr. 6, 2001. Can you beat the December date? -- Cameron Moore Probably. Jon ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Mally
You may not be a patent lawyer, but that's a convincing sounding explanation of the legal position. PS. I'm just wondering if you have any thoughts on my earlier question, i.e. whether what's being patented has to be something non-obvious? Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.