Re: [e-users] Someone is trying to patent Quickwriting

2010-11-24 Thread Daniele Ricci
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 09:54, Carsten Haitzler ras...@rasterman.com wrote: if you wish to not violate a patent.. you simply have to give up on implementing the algorithm - or fight his patent in court first. Very straight and plain... what would you do in my place? -- Daniele

Re: [e-users] Someone is trying to patent Quickwriting

2010-11-24 Thread Daniele Ricci
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:57, Carsten Haitzler ras...@rasterman.com wrote: i'd invent a new input method that doesn't violate the patent. take the principal and change it so its different enough not to violate. then implement that. They've just released version 1.1 for free (1.0 was 1.50

Re: [e-users] Someone is trying to patent Quickwriting

2010-11-23 Thread Daniele Ricci
Hello Carsten, thanks for your reply. On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 08:02, Carsten Haitzler ras...@rasterman.com wrote: themselves. they are forgeable. if you have an overwhelming set of such data from multiple sources and witness statements with signatures on actual paper, then you have something

Re: [e-users] Someone is trying to patent Quickwriting

2010-11-23 Thread Daniele Ricci
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:14, Carsten Haitzler ras...@rasterman.com wrote: you need documents from him - papers he's submitted, lectures given, anything else that proves he had the idea AND when it actually happened (before the filing of the patent). the patent filing proves that 8pen's

Re: [e-users] Someone is trying to patent Quickwriting

2010-11-23 Thread Daniele Ricci
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:52, Carsten Haitzler ras...@rasterman.com wrote: it's his idea. it's his job to defend it. he is the one who can. unless.. he's involved in 8pen as a founder/investor... then you're pushing poo uphill :) Contacting him by phone is not something I can do, i don't

Re: [e-users] Someone is trying to patent Quickwriting

2010-11-23 Thread Al Johnson
On Tuesday 23 November 2010, Daniele Ricci wrote: Hello Carsten, thanks for your reply. On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 08:02, Carsten Haitzler ras...@rasterman.com wrote: themselves. they are forgeable. if you have an overwhelming set of such data from multiple sources and witness statements

Re: [e-users] Someone is trying to patent Quickwriting

2010-11-23 Thread Daniele Ricci
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 21:01, Bryan Petty etie...@gmail.com wrote: This is not true. A patent (6031525) was already filed for Quickwriting in 1999/2000: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6031525.html So if this is actually a duplicate patent, all Ken Perlin has to do is point out his patent

Re: [e-users] Someone is trying to patent Quickwriting

2010-11-23 Thread W. B. Kranendonk
--- On Tue, 11/23/10, Daniele Ricci daniele.ath...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 21:01, Bryan Petty etie...@gmail.com wrote: A patent (6031525) was already filed for Quickwriting in 1999/2000: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6031525.html The patent office will realize

Re: [e-users] Someone is trying to patent Quickwriting

2010-11-23 Thread Daniele Ricci
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 23:53, Bryan Petty etie...@gmail.com wrote: If your concern if that you have licensed Ken Perlin's patent, you're safe from any lawsuits from 8pen. Actually my concern is about the implementation of the input method. I've already pushed to my git repository a working

Re: [e-users] Someone is trying to patent Quickwriting

2010-11-21 Thread Daniele Ricci
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 15:41, Dave Andreoli d...@gurumeditation.it wrote: Yeah , ABSOLUTELY!! What can we do to stop this patent? 8pen is EXACTLY the same as quikwriting. what can we do? are you involved in the quikwriting project? did you contact them? DaveMDS I contacted the 8pen

Re: [e-users] Someone is trying to patent Quickwriting

2010-11-21 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Sun, 2010-11-21 at 16:24 +0100, Daniele Ricci wrote: On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 15:41, Dave Andreoli d...@gurumeditation.it wrote: Yeah , ABSOLUTELY!! What can we do to stop this patent? 8pen is EXACTLY the same as quikwriting. what can we do? are you involved in the quikwriting project?