Re: HTC patent application for Joerg's Y-cable?

2010-06-07 Thread Patryk Benderz
Dnia 2010-06-05, sob o godzinie 13:08 +0100, Al Johnson pisze: It hasn't been granted yet, and the Y-cable was around before it was filed, but perhaps not by long enough. [cut] Should we be afraid of this patent? Is it used in FR? -- Patryk LeadMan Benderz Linux Registered User #377521 ()

Re: HTC patent application for Joerg's Y-cable?

2010-06-07 Thread Jose Luis Perez Diez
A Dilluns 07 Juny 2010 12:34:31, Patryk Benderz va escriure: Dnia 2010-06-05, sob o godzinie 13:08 +0100, Al Johnson pisze: It hasn't been granted yet, and the Y-cable was around before it was filed, but perhaps not by long enough. [cut] Should we be afraid of this patent? Is it used in

Re: HTC patent application for Joerg's Y-cable?

2010-06-07 Thread Al Johnson
On Monday 07 June 2010, Jose Luis Perez Diez wrote: A Dilluns 07 Juny 2010 12:34:31, Patryk Benderz va escriure: Dnia 2010-06-05, sob o godzinie 13:08 +0100, Al Johnson pisze: It hasn't been granted yet, and the Y-cable was around before it was filed, but perhaps not by long enough.

Re: HTC patent application for Joerg's Y-cable?

2010-06-07 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Em 07-06-2010 16:00, Al Johnson escreveu: As Joerg says, I don't think it should be worthy of a patent. Unfortunately courts in the US have been progressively lowering the obviousness bar to the point where it's patentable unless someone has explicitly described it already before the