On Sat, October 13, 2007 11:10 am, Bob La Quey wrote: > Companies called IP Innovation and Technology Licensing Corporation > sued Red Hat and Novell on Tuesday, claiming the top Linux sellers' > software products infringe U.S. patent 5,072,412, "User interface with > multiple workspaces for sharing display system objects," and two > identically named patents. > > http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9796868-39.html?tag=nefd.blgs > > BobLQ > >
Between prior art and the bloody obvious, I can't see even the present corporatist courts upholding this. How do patents like that get approved? Nemind, I know :-( -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
