David B Teague wrote:
jonathon wrote:
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 17:10, NoOp wrote:
It's going to get nasty out there folks...
<http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,571,169.PN.&OS=PN/7,571,169&RS=PN/7,571,169>
[Word-processing document stored in a single XML file that may be
manipulated by applications that understand XML - Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)]
That one fails both prior art and obviousness.
The only reason for awarding a patent like that is complete, utter,
an d absolute incompetence by the USPTO.
jonathon
I understand at one time the US Patent and Trademark Office required
by law to hire engineers, and that they can't hire computer science
majors. You know, the people whose formal training provides some hope
of understanding the issues involved in software patents? Does anyone
know whether that stupidity has been changed.
I won't address the terrible idea of patenting algorithms and
software. There are patents on a single NUMBER. <further US Pat&T
office abuse deleted>
David Teague
HI all
FYI
Microsoft Trial Misconduct Cost $40 Million
(Aug 15, 2009, 03:02 UTC)
Information Week: "The judge who banned Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) from
selling its Word document program in the U.S. due to a patent violation
tacked an additional $40 million onto a jury's $200 million verdict
because the software maker's lawyers engaged in trial misconduct, court
records reveal."
http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2009081500435NWMSLL
Enjoy
Cliff
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