On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 11:17:39AM -0400, Edward Keyes wrote: > >This patent, U.S. 6,421,232 B2, covers a wide variety of potential business > >and consumer applications and a wide variety of existing and potential > >computing devices. > > ... Ummm... is it just me, or does the press release itself admit to > prior art right here? > > If you're granted a patent that already "covers a wide variety of existing > devices," then by definition the patent doesn't really describe a new > innovation. > > *sigh* Yay, patents... i believe it depends on when the pantent was filed. from what i remember of us patent law, patents are retroactive to the date the patent was filed, so "new" would actually have to be considered as of whenever the initially paperwork was submitted. i don't know if anything special need be done during the patent pending period, but from what i've seen of patent enforcement, it's apparently okay to sit around and let your technology become embedded in everything and then hit everyone up for royalties. but then again, remote consoles (both kvm and serial) and even just smart terminals should qualify as dual purpose displays... --francois -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain
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