Hi Carl, George,
this should be of interest to OGC as well IMHO. It might be that they patent WMS
facets.
best,
Peter
On 12/21/2013 07:05 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
Dear All,
I think the OSGeo should express strong objection to the "Interactive Map"
patent filed by Apple on 17 Dec 2012 [1]. The contents of the patent [1]
describe features that OSGeo software already provides for over a decade.
Best
Venka
[1]
http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=2&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=%28715%2F771.CCLS.+AND+20131219.PD.%29&OS=ccl/715/771+and+pd/12/19/2013&RS=%28CCL/715/771+AND+PD/20131219%29
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