The fact that there is prior art does not prevent a patent from being issued, (as long as the patent clerk is unaware of the prior art), nor does it prevent someone using a bad patent from scaring an "infringer" into paying some "nominal royalty", just to avoid any type of legal action.
Only one of the reasons why software patents are bad. md _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
