for all of you interested, Aral of OSFlash has set up a page where we
can put priort art to the patent:
http://www.osflash.org/balthaser_patent_prior_art_discovery
We already discussed this topic here - just last Friday.
My reply to it was:
"This is another silly attempt at making money - filing a patent after
the technology existed and was in wide use - Adobe and Sun and others
will respond.
"The patent covers all rich media technology implementations including
Flash, Flex, Java, AJAX and XAML and all device footprints which
access
rich-media Internet applications including desktops, mobile devices,
set-top boxes and video game consoles....It's possible that Balthaser
may struggle to enforce its patent, because of prior art - the process
where a patent is invalid if it can be proven that the innovation in
question already existed before the patent was filed."
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39253949,00.htm
Also, see: http://www.ip-wars.net/
"
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
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Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 5:58 PM
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Thanks Kevin :)
On Mar 1, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Kevin Mulvihill wrote:
:-) No Chad, I'm quite sure few, if any, are aware of this:
"The patent--issued on Valentine's Day--covers all rich-media
technology
implementations, including Flash, Flex, Java, Ajax, and XAML, when
the
rich-media application is accessed on any device over the Internet,
according to the patent holders...
A patent has been granted to a relatively unknown California
Web-design firm
for an invention its creator says covers the design and creation of
most
rich-media applications used over the Internet. The patent holder,
Balthaser
Online Inc., says it could license nearly any rich-media Internet
application across a broad range of devices and networks.
Potentially tens of thousands of businesses--not only software
makers
employing its business processes but companies offering rich-media
on
their
Websites--could be subject to licensing fees when they use
rich-media
technology over the Internet."
Guess Adobe AND Microsoft got caught with their pants down. But all
is
not
lost. Neil Balthaser, a former VP of strategy for Macromedia, plans
to
sell
the patent to someone...
See more on
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?
articleID=180206472&c
id=RSSfeed_IWK_News
Kevin
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Of Chad Mefferd
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:03 AM
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Subject: [Flashcoders] RIA patent granted
Hmmmm,
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?
articleID=180206472&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
Is everyone aware of this?
Chad
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