> > How can generic PC hardware be covered by a patent? It's just a piece > > of software, that is, algorithms neatly put together with some control > > etc. > > Have you read the wording of a patent? They have to be worded vague > enough to cover most ways of doing something but with out getting too > vague as to become invalid. So a lot of patents use wording such as "a > device implementing this function to result in that output". This covers > both a quick circuit hack and a generic DSP or CPU doing the same thing. > As soon as the algorithm is executed by a chip, it becomes part of the > device that does somthing to end in a specific result.
If I'm not mistaken, if you patent a device (aparatus) you can't be so vague in the patent wording and have to submit a prototype too... doesn't that mean that if my device doesn't in any way resemble the prototype I'm clear from patent infrigement? The isssue on patenting an algorithm/software (not a device) is a completelly different issue as we know. -- damjan | ÐÐÐÑÐÐ This is my jabber ID --> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <-- not my mail address!!! _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
