At 04:47 PM 1/11/00 -0700, Aaron Blosser wrote:
Off topic, but:
> If I recall right, the guy who owns the patent wasn't asking for much in the
>way of royalties from each company (but amounts to a lot when totalled), but
>I think the fight revolves around whether this guy really invented the idea,
>or whether it's just one of those common sense things that can't be
>patented, or something like that. MSNBC online probably has a story on it
>in their tech section. Ah...sure enough:
>http://www.msnbc.com/news/333372.asp
.
" Dickens applied for the patent in October 1996 "
I was using windowing in 1987, so his patent is invalid (prior invention).
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