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Re: [LUG] AJAX patented?

 

On Saturday 25 February 2006 10:12 pm, Robin Cornelius wrote:
> 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?

We'll have to wait and see - very little is certain where patents are 
concerned. It is likely to come down to the opinion of a single judge 
somewhere. It could be that the patent applies when Flash is combined with 
other implementations - depends on what is interpreted as "rich-media". Does 
it require N>=1 methods or N>1 ?

That's why I added the ? to the subject - it is far from clear exactly what 
this patent means. It could mean a lot, it could be invalid. It is most 
certainly wrong but if it should be upheld or simply not tested, it will have 
an impact far beyond the US.

What is wrong is not always illegal and what is illegal is not always wrong.

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Neil Williams
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