Re: [LUG] AJAX patented?

[Robin Cornelius <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil Williams wrote:

> "According to Balthaser, its patent covers all rich media technology 
> implementations including Adobe/Macromedia's Flash and Flex, Sun 
> Microsystems' Java, the community-developed AJAX and XAML, and all device 
> footprints which access "rich-media internet applications", including 
> desktops, mobile devices, set-top-boxes and video game consoles."
> 

This guy worked for macromedia though didn't he? and flash was present
on the internet at a date that preceeds his patent so it is invalidated
by priod art?

Is this as you pointed out a good example of how *not* to run a patent
system. At least they reject the patent for a warp drive though.

Robin

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