netlawyers: why is this patentable?

2009-02-20 Thread Michael Scheidell
wonder why this is patentable? sounds like preque filtering available in every mta since the early 90's... looks for 'helo/mailfrom/recpt to' then drops or accepts connection. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7490128.html United States Patent 7490128 Abstract: The spam blocker monitors the

RE: netlawyers: why is this patentable?

2009-02-20 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
-Original Message- From: Michael Scheidell [mailto:scheid...@secnap.net] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:24 PM wonder why this is patentable? sounds like preque filtering available in every mta since the early 90's... looks for 'helo/mailfrom/recpt to' then drops or accepts

Re: netlawyers: why is this patentable?

2009-02-20 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: -Original Message- From: Michael Scheidell [mailto:scheid...@secnap.net] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:24 PM wonder why this is patentable? Perhaps just because someone has the Chutzpah to try to patent it and the patent office hasn't a clue.

Re: netlawyers: why is this patentable?

2009-02-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 16:54 -0500, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: Perhaps just because someone has the Chutzpah to try to patent it and the patent office hasn't a clue. Technology of all sorts has moved too quickly for the patent office and/or the patent laws to keep up. Another example is a U.S.

Re: netlawyers: why is this patentable?

2009-02-20 Thread Jonas Eckerman
Michael Scheidell wrote: wonder why this is patentable? Loads of things are patentable in the meaning that someone manages to get a patent. That doesn't mean the patent can witstand a challenge. You never know for sure wether a patent (or a trademark) is fully valid until it is is

Re: netlawyers: why is this patentable?

2009-02-20 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 17:01 -0600, Lindsay Haisley wrote: On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 16:54 -0500, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: Perhaps just because someone has the Chutzpah to try to patent it and the patent office hasn't a clue. Technology of all sorts has moved too quickly for the patent office

Re: netlawyers: why is this patentable?

2009-02-20 Thread mouss
Michael Scheidell a écrit : wonder why this is patentable? sounds like preque filtering available in every mta since the early 90's... looks for 'helo/mailfrom/recpt to' then drops or accepts connection. - if their spam blocker is linked in the MTA or is a firewall, then this has been done

Re: netlawyers: why is this patentable?

2009-02-20 Thread Ned Slider
Martin Gregorie wrote: On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 17:01 -0600, Lindsay Haisley wrote: On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 16:54 -0500, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: Perhaps just because someone has the Chutzpah to try to patent it and the patent office hasn't a clue. Technology of all sorts has moved too quickly for