> "W. Wayne Liauh" <w...@hawaiilinux.org> wrote: > > > > BTW: The problem with the US law system is that > you > > > cannot cancel a patent > > > separately. This needs to be done during the main > > > hearing of the trial. > > > > > > Jörg > > > > > > > > > Actually in the US, you can file a re-examination > request with the Patent Office to invalidate an > issued patent. NetApp's COW patent, USP 5,818,292, > was subsequently rejected as invalid in light of > "newly discovered prior art" by the US Patent and > Trademark Office during a re-examination proceeding > initiated by Sun. NetApp is appealing the decision. > > I had a long phone call with the Sun lawyer when > Netapp started the > case. This person told me that there is no such way. > > Note that USP 5,818,292 is a patent for a band gap > reference circuit. > > Do you have a reference on what you claim? > > Jörg >
Oops, the number of Netapp's COW patent should be 5,819,292 (just in case I messed up again, I am pointing to a copy of this patent in its entirety: http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT5819292 I don''t have the info at hand, but if anyone can find the control number of this re-examination proceeding, we can read the entire file history from USPTO's web site: http://tinyurl.com/usp292 Thanks for pointing out my error. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
