D&C GLug - Home Page

[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]

Re: [LUG] If this wasn't so dangerous, you'd laugh.

 

On Wednesday 09 February 2005 11:14 pm, you wrote:
Neil Williams wrote:
| "The patent was intended to only apply to printhouses but it is
phrased and was
| granted on the CLAIMS and therefore could be used to extract punitive
fees
| wherever a print manager is installed."

It couldn't be used for that purpose, because there was extensive prior
art, and the lawyers would die laughing.

OK, this time it's a print manager, maybe KDE and Gnome would join with the 
FSF to fight the case in court - I'm quite sure the holders of the patent 
will be able to pay their own lawyers enough that they'll be able to keep a 
straight face in court.

What about next time?

What is sad here is a company spent good money paying for a worthless
bit of paper, can't help feeling the legal department was striving to
justify their head count, or some such.

We know it's worthless, they obviously want a return on the 'investment'.

-- 

Neil Williams
=============
http://www.dcglug.org.uk/
http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/isbnsearch/
http://www.neil.williamsleesmill.me.uk/
http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?qs=0x8801094A28BCB3E3

Attachment: pgp00024.pgp
Description: PGP signature