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- Prior Art for the iPhone?
- Prior Art for the iPhone?That looks nothing like the iPhone's UIThat is crisp, clear, and of incredibly high resolution, 3 attributes that most certainly [b]cannot[/b] be claimed of the iPhone!!! :)I think that the idea of putting pictogramsin a tabular format is about as old as writing itself. The heraldry...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, prior art
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- Prior Art for the iPhone?
- Did the iPhone infringe on a 400+ year-old design? I was in the Amsterdam Historical Museum the other day in Amsterdam. In one tall, remote room, I looked up and spied this painting (see attached photo - courtesy of TechVentive, Inc.). It looked remarkably like that of...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Prior Art, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- OIN spearheads review of Microsoft FAT patents
- The Open Invention Network is making good on its pledge to try to overturn the Linux-related patents that were contained in Microsoft's recently settled litigation against TomTomNV. OIN announced today that three patents in the lawsuit -- including those the deal with the creation of long and...
- Tags: Patent, Prior Art, Microsoft Corp., OIN, Open Invention Network, Peer-to-Patent, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Maintain an automated networked database? GraphOn wants to sue you
- Maintain an automated networked database? GraphOn wants to sue youLitigious Theft. Where does it end?People/Companies like mosquitos, stealing a living by sucking the life blood of others. HEY the internet was my idea, you all owe me billions of dollars. They need to get in line behind...
- Tags: Litigation, database, patent, GraphOn, prior art, software patent, settlement, Google Inc., software
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Start-up sues Google over e-mail switching tool
- Start-up sues Google over e-mail switching toolSo much for "do no evil"tisk tiskyou cant sign confidentiality statements with a company for a specific product, then create similiar code that works and say.. "i made this on my own". Bet google just buys this company.Prior art......Importing data from one email...
- Tags: thing people, tool, e-mail, Google Inc., prior art
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Apple Patent app describes "force detection" technology for iPhone touchscreens
- Apple Patent app describes "force detection" technology for iPhone touchscreensLots of Prior ArtThis type of touch screen has been around for years. The MCE equipment I worked with in 1985 used touchscreens using dual polarized conductive mesh That's what this patent is for. 1 vertically "X" polarized set of conductors...
- Tags: Keyboards, Apple Inc., patent, touch screen, prior art, Apple patent app, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2007-10-11
- Peer-to-Patent site relies on public for prior art
- Taking the patents to the people could be the new motto for the US Patent and Trademark Office. Beta News reports that the patent office will launch a new website to allow citizens to evaluate the validity of patent applications.The idea behind the change is to have the Peer-to-Patent website...
- Tags: Patents
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- Microsoft: "It was simply an error"
- Microsoft: "It was simply an error"It's all about fear and keeping the shareholders happy[i]'"That doesn't make any sense," replies Matusow [of Microsoft]. "There's no logic to it. Why would you patent something in a space where you know there is prior art? There would be litigation, and you would know...
- Tags: patent, Microsoft Corp., prior art
- Discussion threads 2007-01-30
- Microsoft: "It was simply an error"
- In reaction to this weekends revelation that Microsoft filed a patent in October 2005 for an invention they knew had prior art, the software giant has filed an "express abandonment of the application" with the US Patent and Trademark Office USPTO according to Jason Matusow, Sr. Director of IP and...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Jason Matusow, Michael Kölling
- Blog posts 2007-01-30
- Are Maps mashups patentable?
- Someone asked me today whether they could file a patent application concerning their Google Maps mashup. Not being a patent lawyer, I haven't the foggiest, but it's an interesting question. I don't see anything in the API Terms that would specifically preclude patenting a maps app. (Commercial...
- Tags: patent, API
- Blog posts 2006-09-02
- Open source threatened by judicial activism
- Open source threatened by judicial activismPatent NeuralityMicrosoft wants "net neutrality" so shouldn't it be pusing for "patent neutrality?"What's good for the goose is good for the gander!Microsoft using EFFI am sure that Microsoft is having a good laugh at their ability to use EFF and the anti-software patent crowd to...
- Tags: open source, Microsoft Corp., prior art, patent, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Discussion threads 2006-08-25
- Judge won't block distribution of Google Earth
- Judge won't block distribution of Google EarthBut when has prior art every stopped the courtsinteresting to me if it did hold sway vs a patent.It DOES hold sway vs. a patentPrior art tells the patent holder and the courts that what the patent covers is NOT an innovation(read: non-obvious); it...
- Tags: patent, patent holder, Google Earth, Google Inc., Prior Art
- Discussion threads 2006-06-13
- Patent Office needs a 'Slashdot for prior art'
- Patent Office needs a 'Slashdot for prior art'Patent Office needs a 'Slashdot for prior art'Just what the world needs, a bunch of linuxtards slamming everything and anything that isn't linux. Sadly this is already happening.Anything would be an improvementThe patent office is being overwhelmed by the rapid advance of...
- Tags: patent office, patent system, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, patent, prior art, Slashdot
- Discussion threads 2006-04-21
- Can social networking save the Patent Office?
- Here's Technology Review on a fascinating proposal. The US Patent Office is working with several Silicon Valley companies to seek out groundbreaking new ways to deal with the problem of backlog and prior art. The United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO is in a pretty...
- Tags: Beth Noveck, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, examiner
- Blog posts 2006-01-18
- Patent reform: Who's on first?
- Patent reform: Who's on first?Closed source just as exposed.The only advantage they have is that people can't see all the patents they are violating. They face the same risk of "violating patents they didn't even know existed" with each line of code.---It can't be that long before some enterprising...
- Tags: patent, prior art
- Discussion threads 2005-09-13
- EU plan could put open sourcers in court
- EU plan could put open sourcers in courtBad publicity hasn't stopped the RIAA.Why would this be deterrent.MS paid off the EU!!!!heheheh Just kidding!SCO is an inappropriate example hereIndeed the IP should be protected. SCO however, is claiming something that does not appear to be true. Even after all these time...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, OPEN SOURCE, computer, prior art, patent, computer program, SCO Group Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-08-02
- Microsoft wants patent system fixed (but not eliminated)
- Microsoft wants patent system fixed but not eliminatedPrivatise the patent officeWhen I buy a house from an advocaat, he does all the necessary legal checks to ensure the ownership and stability of the house. He stands behind his opinion and can be sued for considerable sums of money if he...
- Tags: Company X, Microsoft Corp., patent, prior art, patent office
- Discussion threads 2005-03-12
- Appeals court overturns Eolas decision
- Appeals court overturns Eolas decisionThis is a SAD day folksToo bad this couldn't have been yet another hammer to SMASH over Microturd's head.No matter though: Microsoft will be out of business in a few years.Not torn at all on this one.While I HATE to see the Great Monopolist win ANY...
- Tags: patent system, software world, patent, Eolas Technologies Inc., prior art, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-03-02
- Looming threat to America's high tech
- Looming threat to America's high techPatents should be abolishedFREE BEER FOR EVERYONE, DAMNIT!!!:-)Try penalising the patent officeI think the patent office deliberately grants patents it knows to be self evident, incapable of functioning, overly broad, or simple repeat of previous inventions.I think the problem isn't money, I think the patent...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., ADTI, patent, patent office, prior art, toaster
- Discussion threads 2004-12-01
- Linux oogles desktop PC replacements
- Linux oogles desktop PC replacementsZDNET????Would someone like to define the word oogle for me? As far as I know this is not a word with any meaning whatsoever. The English language is fine thing, please use it with respect.If you mean Linux providers are excited over expanding there market share...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, WinFS, Prior Art, Free Software development, desktop computer, English Language, PC, Microsoft Office, Linux, IBM Corp., Novell Inc., desktop
- Discussion threads 2004-05-21
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