Steve Sabram wrote:
>
> The running cost of a patent filing professionally is running in the sum of
> $20K now for domestic and international filings. It can be done for less if
> you want to put more personal time into it though. Also, there was a ruling
> about five years ago stating that pure software concepts such as scrolling text
> in a window or a push button cannot be patented since it is not directly
> connected to a process or tangible invention (i.e. hardware). This was done
> so guys like us can write something, claim copyright and not fear patent
> infringement from just writing code. Thank you AEA!
Patent D403,673: "Computer icon for a screen." Microsoft succeeds
patenting the computer icon. (No small feat--it took them 7 people
to come up with the patent.)
-Daniel.
(Posting this late is kind of like pouring fuel on the ashes. I
would've posted this sooner but I only just now found the patent
number.)
