>> revealed a link to a US Patent (7120900) for the idea of implementing >> the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (UAX #9 >> http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9) in Haskell, making use, as far as I >> can tell, of nothing more than the normal approach any functional >> programmer would use, namely separation of concerns etc. > In which case the patent should be null and void since obvious ideas aren't > patentable, AFAIK.
Doesn't matter: you'd need to pay lawyers to defend yourself to convince a court that it is null and void. So even if you may end up winning in the end (which is far from obvious), you'll have wasted a lot of time, effort, and money. Stefan _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe