On June 8, 2004 IBM was awarded a patent for:
A Caps Lock notification method, system, mechanism, algorithm,
and computer program product. A determination is made as to
whether a Caps Lock key of a computer keyboard is in an error
state, based on ascertaining whether a first condition has been
if (caps_lock_on)
{
beep(0.5);
printf(Your caps lock is on.\n);
}
So this infringes on a IBM patent. great I hope IBM employees are
thrilled about working for such an innovative and forward looking company.
Robert.
On Friday 11 June 2004 14:52, you wrote:
On June 8, 2004
Isn't there a procedure to request revoking patents?
Shouldn't the FOSS community unite to file such requests against stupid
patents?
Or do the the antipatent provisions of certain FOSS licenses completely
take care of this?
Thanks.
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Where do we go to get our license?
http://www.ibm.com/ibm/licensing/contact
I'd guess.
regards,
alexander.
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Robert Osfield wrote:
if (caps_lock_on)
{
beep(0.5);
printf(Your caps lock is on.\n);
}
So this infringes on a IBM patent. great I hope IBM employees are
thrilled about working for such an innovative and forward looking company.
I am not trying to defend IBM or this
It seems to me that should be enough prior art to kill this patent.
Clearly there is. But is this fact sufficient to protect someone
(re)deploying the mechanism? Or must the patent be revoked in some way
prior to that? I mean, suppose I deploy the mechanism and IBM puts me in
court. Can the
Marius Amado Alves wrote:
It seems to me that should be enough prior art to kill this patent.
Clearly there is. But is this fact sufficient to protect someone
(re)deploying the mechanism? Or must the patent be revoked in some way
prior to that?
US patents are presumed valid. A court will
On 11 Jun 2004, at 15:52, dlw wrote:
Recent versions of KDE infringe this patent at the log-in screen.
Where do we go to get our license?
And Mac OSX shows a CapsLock symbol in the password entry field of the
logon screen as well. :-)
/Steven
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I wrote a fast, rather tongue-in-cheek story about this. The few quotes
used were with permission:
http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/06/11/179255
Thanks, everyone.
- Robin 'Roblimo' Miller
Editor in Chief, OSDN
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Robin 'Roblimo' Miller wrote:
I wrote a fast, rather tongue-in-cheek story about this. The few quotes
used were with permission:
http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/06/11/179255
Good article! Thanks for the feedback!
regards,
Randy Kramer
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