On Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at 12:46PM, "Robert J. Hansen" <r...@sixdemonbag.org> wrote: >M.B.Jr. wrote: >> I've recently had access to this document, written by the "United >> States Patent and Trademark Office" (USPTO) which basically tries to >> ban software patents. > >The memorandum in question is eight pages, twenty slides and two flowcharts. > >As a ballpark estimate that would mean it would take an IP lawyer about >two days to figure out what this means for the specific subject of >patented cryptographic algorithms. It would take the non-experts on >this list many times that long, if we could do it at all. > >There may be patent lawyers on this list who are familiar with the >memorandum in question who are willing to speak in a public forum about >it. Weirder things have happened. But speaking for myself, I do not >have the time it takes to (a) become an expert on U.S. patent law, (b) >read the memorandum, and (c) consider how it changes the U.S. patent >system, and (d) write up my results. > >If this is important to you, I would suggest speaking with an IP lawyer.
Especially for a patent that is due to expire in a year or two. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Data_Encryption_Algorithm _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
